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IE does not respect mime-type - Safari Does
Authored by: pixelfreak on Feb 19, '04 12:20:23PM

The problem is that, when deciding how to interpret the file, Internet Explorer ignores the mime-type sent with the file and uses the file extension instead. This behavior is not to spec and can cause all kinds of confusion.

Since many administrators and web developers only check their sites in IE, this behavior prevents many administrators and web developers from noticing that their mime-type settings are incorrect. In addition, administrators rarely update their servers mime-type settings, so new file formats such as disk images and .sitx are served as text/plain.

However, standard compliant browsers like Mozilla, Safari, etc. use the mime-type provided, which causes this content to be interpreted as text and displayed as really big canvas of abstract ASCII art in your browser.



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