Re: [tlug] Firefox 3.0.1 doesn't respect <meta http-equiv="content-type">

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Curt Sampson wrote:
> According to the spec:
>
>     The http-equiv attribute can be used in place of the name attribute
>     and has a special significance when documents are retrieved via
>     the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). HTTP servers may use the
>     property name specified by the http-equiv attribute to create an
>     [RFC822]-style header in the HTTP response.
>
>     http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.4.4.2
>
> It says nothing about clients combining information from the
> content-type header and the meta tag, as you appear to be doing here.
>   

The problem is that browser programmers don't follow the spec[1] ;)

Edward

1. http://apache.lexa.ru/english/meta-http-eng.html