* Danny Ayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-30 16:50]: >From: Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >That's why I eventually gave up using application/rss+xml and >switched to text/xml for RSS. Maybe it's time to do the same for >Atom?
Ugh. Why does everyone insist on the `text/xml` albatross? Use `application/xml`, at the very least. (Of course, there is no `application/rss+xml` type, but anyway…) In any case, -1 on returning feeds with either `/xml` type for Atom. If it’s really necessary to work around browsers, a better idea is to return a feed with the generic MIME type only when the feed is requested with a `?specific_type=0` query parameter. Then autodiscovery links and other stuff can point to the regular URL served with the proper MIME type, and use of the escaped hatch can be limited to links a user can actually click on. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
