Thank you for this response. So in the context of an HTTP error with MIME-type foo/foo, WebKit makes a policy decision to "download" since it cannot load the MIME-type foo. The idea being that the browser would prompt the user to download the content?
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Alexey Proskuryakov <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11.03.2010, at 8:24, Jack Wootton wrote: > > 2. What specifically is the purpose of WebCore::EPolicyDownload? From the >> name I kind of assumed that perhaps it was a way of the browser attempting >> to download an application that can handle the MIME type. >> > > > It's "download this resource". E.g. if you click on a "download" link in > browser, the client (such as Safari) still needs to decide whether to open > the referenced resource in a Web page, or to download it. It can also ask > the user whether to download, and if the user refuses, the client tells > WebKit to cancel the request. > > - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov > > -- Regards Jack
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