On 20 Apr 00 at 18:41, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>>On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 17:55:35, Dale Mentzer wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, me too, L.D. I think this was mentioned once some time ago and
>>> IIRC this can be caused by grapics that are labeled filename.jpg, but are
>>> in fact GIF's or some other format. I think the JPG converter relies on
>>> the filename to identify the format. I hope I am right about this and I am
>>> sure someone will correct my misinformation if indeed it is such.
>>
>> Well.... partly right.
>>
>>On the server side, the file name extesion is used to determine which
>>"content/type" identifier to send to the browser.(client)
>>On the client side, the "content/type" is used to determine what to do
>>with the file.
>>
>>That's why in mime.cfg each file downloaded from the web is given a line
>>such as this:
>>
>>[MIME]
>>image/jpeg JPG>BMP|$edjpeg32.exe $j $1 $2
>>image/png PNG>BMP|$epng2bmp.exe -s -o $2 $1
>>image/x-png PNG>BMP|$epng2bmp.exe -s -o $2 $1
>>(^^^^^^^^^^)
>>(||||||||||)
>>(content/type sent by server)
So what happens when Arachne tries to convert filename.jpg (which is
really filename.png, but incorrectly named)? A red box? I see this on
the my custom Snap.com page at FreeWWWeb as well as other sites.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Practice random acts of intelligence and senseless acts of self-control.
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