Lachlan Hunt wrote:
What's flaky about it? Apache MultiViews is the easiest way to not
require file extensions for static files, with the added advantage of
making content negotiation extremely easy to do.
The implementation, I should have said :)
As you pointed out, IE doesn't cache properly.
I made a list of problems with it at one point, but I can't put my hand
on it right now.
Not a long list, but enough that it isn't worth the effort.
5 chars doesnt worry me when it is so clearly a usability aid to say
'web page' to the user constantly; to Joe Public who is savvy enough to
look at the URI they are clicking on, but not techie enough to know
everything that we know, a .html extension clearly implies 'Click here
to see a web page about xxx - nothing tricky is going to happen, you
will just get a simple page which won't do nasty things to your machine'
and improve the probability of click.
Nothing true in that implication, of course, but that doesn't stop me
from giving my users a simple clear message :)
IMHO
Lea
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