[Xitami] RE: all about the site and application, HELP

Brian {Hamilton Kelly} xitami@lists.xitami.org
Fri, 31 Oct 2003 07:51:09 +0000 (GMT)


In message <NFBBKNGGELNPLMHPBOCEEEFMDMAA.ron@miplanet.net>
   "Ron Ackerman" writes:
> To get your Mozilla to work with InReview, you need to go to ("Edit" ->
> "Preferences" -> "Advanced" -> "HTTP Networking") and click Use HTTP 1.0
> then it will work just fine. I'm not sure about Pipelining mine did not have
> it enabled.

I think you've missed the point; a user should NEVER have to change
browser settings so as to be able to access any particular site: rather
the site's designer has a duty to write HTML which works with any
browser.  A browser's settings are supposed to allow the user to express
his/her preferences about presentation[1]: they are NOT there to excuse
the shortcomings of the web site itself.

Besides, making Mozilla use HTTP/1.0 protocols will block access to the
vast majority of other sites nowadays that host multiple virtual servers
at one IP address.

[1] E.g. some people are poorly-sighted, and hence want to override the
site's settings and use large fonts.
-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We can no longer stand apart from Europe if we would.  Yet we are
    untrained to mix with our neighbours, or even talk to them".
                                              George Macaulay Trevelyan, 1919