On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: >On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Christoph Lameter wrote: >> This is a non-standard extension of the http protocol! > >This is a pretty silly argument. The web server has complete control over >how a compressed document is presented. It can send the document as >"Content-Type: text/html" or as "Content-Type: application/gzip". >The web server can completely hide compression from the browser.
The web-browser does not have complete control about what kind of decompressors are installed if any. Ok the term I used is probably not very good. My precision of expression is really lacking ... . May I would better have said: This is a non-customary extension to the functionality available in common web-browsers on non-Linux platforms. >At this point I'm convinced that dwww should depend on a web server, and >that the server should be able to handle compressed documents. I am willing >to take the (small) hit for "boa" or something else small and fast. I am >willing to support browsers on the system that can browse the documentation >directly, but am not willing to insist that all browsers do so. Good. I think the security issue could be taken care of easily since the developer of boa is a debian developer. We are fortunate to have such capable people among us! Certainly he might be able to help us with any functionality we find lacking on the server side. --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .