Re: [dev] hgweb typically sucks

On 1 Apr 2011, at 4:09 pm, pancake wrote:

> On 04/01/11 16:46, Andreas Amann wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 04:32:42PM +0200, pancake wrote:
>>> we can override those mimetypes to be text/plain so all browsers
>>> will
>>> display it correctly.
>>>
>>
>> Or try
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/open-in-browser/

Thanks for the link! I wonder if there's something similar for Opera.

> imho. having to install addons to display plain text fails sucks
> more than
> telling mime to report text/plain.

Aye, but in a world where standards matter more than whether anyone
can use the ruddy thing all you can do is hack your browser. Between
this, the colours thing in the st thread, and other factors I'm sure
I don't need to describe, I'm starting to think standards-compliance
is far more a religious matter than a practical one.
Received on Fri Apr 01 2011 - 20:04:53 CEST