On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:52:01 +0100, Andreas Haugstrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:16:10 +0100, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> While there are more redirect URLs such as you mention, its also easy >> to include something like &type=.wmv at the end of the URL, which is >> kind of hackish but generally works. > > Which will be ignored by all URL parsers since it's part of the query > string and not the file name. You shouldn't force service providers to > alter their URLs to a different format. Just to be absolutely clear: I do think the type attribute should be the gateway. Whatever software is generating the links, be it a Wordpress plugin or a bookmarklet can insert the correct content-type without hassle. The user doesn't ever have to know it's going on. Whether the plugin or bookmarklet does some amount of guessing is another matter (though I would certainly prefer a HEAD request, if text/plain is returned it can look at the file extension). -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
