On Fri, 05 Feb 2016 20:50:41 +1030 Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> I wonder how many sites actually do "content negotiation" properly? > (The proper name for that activity.) > > Sites are well known to just give you their pages, and throw files at > you, no matter what. Browsers are well known to say they accept */*, > rather than limit the list to their known abilities. About the only > differences I know of, these days, are sites that may automatically > send a different version to small screen mobile devices. > > e.g. You still get sent flash, even if you didn't have a plugin for it > installed. The "do you want to install it?" prompts are also sent to > everybody, they just don't show up if you had a Flash player > installed. It's amazing it all works as well as it does. And not surprising that there are occasional glitches. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
