Posted by Dikkie Dik on 10/07/05 21:32

Thanks. This explains a lot. I have written a translation script that
will convert a HTML page to PML (a plaintext format that can be
converted to Palmreader documents). However, as the first HTML tags were
processed, IE kept displaying the results as HTML, despite the header
stating it was text/plain. At some point during development, it got
displayed as text.

John Dunlop wrote:
> alamsetti wrote:
>
>
>>When I plugin the http://localhost/test.php in IE it works fine and
>>when I plugin the same in OPERA it gives me a file download box.
>
>
> as usual, a URL (preferably of a minimal example) is a must, otherwise
> it's pure guesswork.
>
> Microsoft have documented how IE detects MIME types, and it clearly
> conflicts with HTTP (sec. 7.2.1), yet they tout this conflict as a
> "feature"! the Redmond boys can really technobabble with the best:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/moniker/overview/appendix_a.asp
>
> Opera, I believe, doesn't have this bug of IE's.
>

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