P3D JPS files

[David Spacey <spacey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

Dale Walsh wrote:-

> I do not think this works.  If I go to Preferences under the Edit menu
>then to Applications under the Navigator heading I then choose New and I 
>am asked for  Description, Mime Type and Suffix.  I entered in order jps,
>image/x-jps, jps.  Then I must pick an Application so I chose Adobe
>Photoshop.  Then I needed to put a file type where I typed jpeg.  Is
>this correct?

Ooh, it's been a long time.  That's how it used to work in Mosaic.....

Perhaps when you were choosing the aplication you need to put the filetype
as image/x-jps.

Concerning my whinge about Netscape Brian Reynolds wrote:-

>Actually that's wrong.  The HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)
>standard specifies that the client program (in this case the web
>browser) receives the file type from the web server.  This is seen as
>the Content-type header (with the value text/html for a static web
>page, or image/jpeg for a normal JPEG image) in the http stream.  The
>web server is supposed to get the file type from the filename
>extension and a mapping file (the mime-types file (the name may change
>depending on who wrote your server)).  If the client examines the
>contents of the file to determine the file's type it is not following
>the HTTP standard.

What IE *appears* to be doing (well, I don't have access to the source
code do I?) is getting the filetype from the server where possible.  If
it's not forthcoming, as with a JPS in many cases, it looks for the
headers.

Having been spoilt by graphics programs that do this I get irritated by
any that don't.  It's one of my pet peeves with Paint Shop Pro for
example.

And now, back to our regular program concerning the debate between '50s
and 50's.  ;-)

Dave Spacey
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