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Re: XHTML Content Negotiation revisited

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Aug 18, 2005 6:20AM

On 8/17/05, James Pickering < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I solicit comments on the validity of my exercise -- and comments in
> general.

All good stuff, but as I mentioned before: are you going to fork your
DOM Scripts for the two styles of rendering (text/html vs
application/xhtml+xml) ?

I'd wager that this is a big show stopper. Client-side scripting isn't
evil if done properly, and more and more people are using it to add
value to their web sites and applications.

If you can *guarantee* that you won't be using DOM Scripting in your
site, then sure: go ahead, use content negotiation.

Tim