On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 11:13, Ray Olszewski wrote: > We should make sure that if we instruct (advise? compel? see below) > people to use a non-IE browser, LEAF's own Website, and major links > like the one to Charles' site, works properly with it. Aside from some > minor cosmetic issues, the main thing here is to make sure we > consistently use file extensions for binaries that the Web server > identifies as a mime-type that will bring up the SAVE dialog, NOT one > that will treat is a text download and thus turn it into jabberwocky.
Ray, Thanks for the feedback. Mime type for .lrp and other binary types can be defined with .htaccess. This is the method we use currently. > The bottom line question, though, is whether this is a good idea or > not. I think that depends on the implementation. I would encourage you > to consider a method that ADVISES IE users of the problem, but not one > that compels them to change browsers in order to get LEAF. Me, I like > advice, but I hate orders ... "obey" is a 4-letter word ... and I > suspect a lot of our user base is the same way. This gets to the heart of the matter, and is the main reason I asked. I'm not sure that we should do anything. However, I'd be disappointed if a person using a leaf branch gets compromised because of IE problems. You probably know who I think would mistakenly get blamed. -- Mike Noyes <mhnoyes at users.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ SF.net Projects: ffl, leaf, phpwebsite, phpwebsite-comm, sitedocs ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
