Comments on: Microsummaries and Content-Type Mysteries http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-bleeding-edge hourly 1 By: l.m.orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries/comment-page-1#comment-46047 l.m.orchard Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:23:32 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries#comment-46047 <p>Myk: Fair enough. Excellent technology, by the way. :)</p> Myk: Fair enough. Excellent technology, by the way. :)

]]> By: Myk Melez http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries/comment-page-1#comment-46035 Myk Melez Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:33:18 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries#comment-46035 <p>Indeed, Firefox ignores the type attribute to the tag. It would be great if that attribute wasn't necessary, because web servers always served the correct type, but that's clearly not the case, and allowing pages to specify the content type of their microsummaries seems likely to be as useful for microsummaries as it is for feeds.</p> <p>I have filed <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358977" rel="nofollow">bug 358977</a> on the issue.</p> Indeed, Firefox ignores the type attribute to the tag. It would be great if that attribute wasn’t necessary, because web servers always served the correct type, but that’s clearly not the case, and allowing pages to specify the content type of their microsummaries seems likely to be as useful for microsummaries as it is for feeds.

I have filed bug 358977 on the issue.

]]> By: l.m.orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries/comment-page-1#comment-45747 l.m.orchard Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:12:15 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries#comment-45747 <p>And, of course, there's always this old horror story:</p> <p>http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/07/21/dive.html</p> And, of course, there’s always this old horror story:

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/07/21/dive.html

]]> By: l.m.orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries/comment-page-1#comment-45746 l.m.orchard Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:11:08 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries#comment-45746 <p>Well, in the markup, I'm more confident it'll tell the intended truth. That's easier to change many times than the server config itself to serve up the correct HTTP headers. I know this is a shady argument - but so far in my small sample set of 8 or so sites, a third of them fed me the wrong Content-Type. That is, "text/HTML" when it was plain text, "text/HTML" when it was an XML generator. So, I've had to come up with some smart guesses.</p> <p>One example, <a href="http://www.markdownmonkey.com/microsummary.asp" rel="nofollow">Markdown Monkey</a>. The site header includes a type="application/x.microsummary+xml" for href="http://www.markdownmonkey.com/microsummary.asp", yet the server feeds me a Content-Type: text/html header.</p> Well, in the markup, I’m more confident it’ll tell the intended truth. That’s easier to change many times than the server config itself to serve up the correct HTTP headers. I know this is a shady argument - but so far in my small sample set of 8 or so sites, a third of them fed me the wrong Content-Type. That is, “text/HTML” when it was plain text, “text/HTML” when it was an XML generator. So, I’ve had to come up with some smart guesses.

One example, Markdown Monkey. The site header includes a type=”application/x.microsummary+xml” for href=”http://www.markdownmonkey.com/microsummary.asp”, yet the server feeds me a Content-Type: text/html header.

]]> By: George Hotelling http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries/comment-page-1#comment-45401 George Hotelling Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:26:04 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/10/29/microsummaries-and-content-type-mysteries#comment-45401 <p>What's the advantage of sticking it into the markup instead of just using the HTTP headers for the microsummary?</p> What’s the advantage of sticking it into the markup instead of just using the HTTP headers for the microsummary?

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