[whatwg] Style sheet loading and parsing (over HTTP)

[Ian Hickson]

On Thu, 24 May 2007, Jon Barnett wrote:
> 
> I would propose that the "type" attribute be more meaningful on, for
> example, the <a> element and the <object> element:
>
> - If the "type" attribute is present, the UA must use its value as the 
> value of the Accept request header when requesting a resource
>
> And then apply sniffing rules that take the Accept request header into
> account (including wildcards in the Accept header):
> - If the Accept request header accepts text/plain and not text/html, and the
> Content-type response header is text/plain, it must not be sniffed as HTML.
> - If the Accept request header does accept text/html, and the Content-type
> response header is text/plain, it may be sniffed as HTML.
> 
> That would allow, for example, Bugzilla to use <a type="text/plain"> 
> when linking to an attachment without fear that the attachment might be 
> sniffed as text/html.
> 
> I don't know how that would break existing content, but I did want to 
> mention it.  I don't think the "type" attribute is currently abused, 
> especially on links, in a way that would make this harmful.

Interesting idea. Any browser vendors have any feedback on this? Any idea 
if it would break anything? There are millions of <a> elements with 
type="" attributes out there, I don't know if any of them would cause 
problems though.

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