It works in both Safari and Firefox; it's just that that particular data: URI is a 1x1 blank gif ;)


On 25/08/2005, at 9:37 AM, Henry Story wrote:



On 25 Aug 2005, at 17:06, A. Pagaltzis wrote:


* Henry Story <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-25 16:55]:


Do we put base64 encoded stuff in html? No: that is why  there
are things like
<img src="...">



<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP/////// yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" />



!!! That really does exist?!
Yes:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2397.txt

But apparently only for very short data fragments (a few k at most). And it does not give me anything
very intersting when I look at it in either Safari or Firefox.

Thanks for pointing this out. :-)


:-)

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