Peter,

> Is there an issue that XHTML 1.1 should be served as media type
> application/xhtml+xml and should not be served as text/html?

Correct.

However, if you send IE6 application/xhtml+xml it doesn't think it's a web
page and shows the file download window instead.

By the same token, if you send Firefox text/html and an XHTML1.1 doctype you
fall back into quirks mode.

Solution? Send IE6 text/html, and all other browsers application/xhtml+xml.
This needs to be done via server-side sniffing, which is exactly how we've
implemented it. Fire up an HTTP sniffer and do the request in IE6 and FF1
and watch what happens.



Thanks,

Tatham Oddie
Fuel Advance - Ignite Your Idea
www.fueladvance.com


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