https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4421
--- Comment #31 from Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]> 2009-10-18 18:18:14 UTC --- (In reply to comment #30) > Though I haven't tested it systematically, I'll assume that some fraction of > browsers will happily process some fraction of file types without extensions. > However this feels like a terrible hack, and I worry that not enough browsers > would process enough file types. > > In particular, if we want our approach to work for Mediawiki installs in > general, then we can't simply assume that we are only talking about image > files. Does it work for PDFs, for Word Documents, for spreadsheets, etc.? > Also if the file has a .png extension and a person saves it to their local > hard > drive, then I strongly suspect that Windows users will have a hard time > reading > the file in most apps without manually changing the extension (not sure about > Mac / Linux). > > I think it makes much more sense to provide the user with an appropriate > extension, even if that information is unnecessary in some cases. Reasonable points, especially about things like PDFs and saving files locally. I retract the suggestion. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
