On 9 Dec 2008, John-Mark Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Tony Moore wrote:
>
> > If I attempt to fetch the first of these images, at
> > http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45278000/jpg/_45278895_08-10957-pawl-1.jpg
> > I see the Warning from NetSurf 'Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x47
> > 0x49'.
>
> That'll be because it's a GIF.

I've subsequently found that other BBC pages currently have the same
problem. Auntie seems to have her knickers in a twist.

What is the correct browser behaviour? NetSurf complains that the goods
are not as advertised but Firefox 3.0, on a WinXP machine, displays the
original link, bogus JPEGs and all, without any problem.

Tony





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