On 2011-10-31 20:20, Charles Pritchard wrote:
On 10/31/11 11:34 AM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
On 10/31/11 1:42 PM, Charles Pritchard wrote:
I'm almost certain that somewhere, it is specified that the browser
should sniff the first few bytes of the file to see
if it is compressed.
I don't believe it is. In fact, doing that would contradict the specs
as they stand, to my knowledge.
I could be wrong, of course, but in that case citation needed...
-Boris
Well I've failed to find a citation. I will post one if I find it.
In the meantime: Blob and Data uris can and should have sniffing for
image/svg+xml.
...
Nope. If you need gzipped SVG in data URIs, the right thing to do is to
either extend data URIs to support that, or to mint a separate media type.
Best regards, Julian
