Re: [Netsurf-develop] File extensions

[Barry S. <ba...@g4...>]

In message <Pin...@ta...>
          John-Mark Bell <jm...@ec...> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Barry Smith wrote:
> 
> > In message <879...@de...>
> >           Barry Smith <ba...@g4...> wrote:
> > 
> > > I uploaded some pictures to my website and by accident forgot
> > > to give them .jpg extensions. They displayed perfectly in O2
> > > and IE, but not with Netsurf, which displayed them as if text files.
> > > 
> > > I'm not expecting this to be addressed, as it was my own fault for
> > > forgetting the file extensions. I just thought it might be worth
> > > mentioning for posterity.
> > 
> > Ignore all the above. I was using build 04-09-04 16:45
> > It works as expected (even without the file extensions)
> > on build 14-09-04 15:00, however...
> 
> Shouldn't make a difference. NetSurf relies on the Content-Type header 
> sent by the server. File extensions and their contents are irrelevant.

I'm not sure I understand what that means, but don't bother
explaining - I'm sure I'll be even more confused ;-)
>  
> > I have larger images set to open in a new frame (target="_blank")
> > but they appear in the same frame, not a new frame. Is this a
> > known bug ?
> 
> Given that frames aren't implemented this isn't surprising.

OK. I wasn't aware of that.

One thing I am amazed at is the speed of rendering. I thought O2
was pretty fast, but Netsurf is far faster.

Thanks to all those developing this browser.

Barry
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