Closed Bug 3703 Opened 26 years ago Closed 26 years ago

Mozilla should announce plug-in MIME types in HTTP_ACCEPT

Categories

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, enhancement, P3)

enhancement

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VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: run2000, Assigned: gagan)

Details

Following on from bug #2808, it would be really useful if Mozilla could announce the MIME types of plug-ins the are available to it in the HTTP_ACCEPT header. It would then be possible to dynamically serve up different content, or point the user at a URL to download the required plug-in.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Not quite. Declaring the plugins that a user has breaks the privacy promise without ensuring better service. Currently if the plugin is not available the browser does pop up an option to download the same, and that is not too expensive a connection. If you want to have further discussion on this, send a message to news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.netlib
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Changing all Networking Library/Browser bugs to Networking-Core component for Browser. Occasionally, Bugzilla will burp and cause Verified bugs to reopen when I do this in a bulk change. If this happens, I will fix. ;-)
Bulk move of all Networking-Core (to be deleted component) bugs to new Networking component.
Component: Networking → Networking: HTTP
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