>Adrian: Netscape seems to think that the HTML pages on
>the FreeCard Website are of type
>"application/octet-stream" and so won't display them.
>
>Alain: I have the same problem with Netscape, but
>everything is fine with MS-Explorer. Go figure??
>
>Alain: This is somewhat 'heretical' because I swear
>off MS products as a rule, but their web browser is
>actually quite good. From recent experience, Explorer
>is better and simpler than Netscape's offering.
>
>Adrian: Could you check the MIME type settings in the
>server?
>
>Alain: If this was really the case, then why do the
>web pages work fine with Explorer?
Alain,
it's simple: Netscape does as it's supposed to and uses the MIME types to
identify files, why IE goes by the suffixes. The bug in Netscape fixes the
glitch in your server's MIME settings.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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