#3700: Middleware to degrade XHTML into HTML
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Reporter: Dave Hodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Owner: adrian
Status: new | Component: Contrib
apps
Version: SVN | Resolution:
Keywords: xhtml middleware | Stage: Design
decision needed
Has_patch: 0 | Needs_docs: 0
Needs_tests: 0 | Needs_better_patch: 0
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Comment (by Johann Queuniet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
You might want to take a look at the similar middleware written by Sune
Kirkeby two years ago:
http://code.ibofobi.dk/public/file/trunk/ibofobi/src/ibofobi/middleware/xhtml.py?rev=1536
It addresses a few issues of the patch given here, like a ill-ordered
middleware stack with a GZip compressor.
Also, I think the _supports_xhtml function is too hack-ish. What if IE 8
still doesn't support this mimetype? What if another browser has the same
behavior? Browser often use */* as a mere fallback for content they're
going to download or dispatch to a plugin, I don't think it's appropriate
to take it in account instead of sending the expected text/html in this
case. Also, what about search engines? The way Google handles pure XHTML
is still not exactly perfect, and it can end up listed as foreign content
(see
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.lirmm.fr+application%2Fxhtml%2Bxml
for an example).
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