IE7 Will Not Support application/xml+xhtml

A presumably candid post from the IEBlog reveals that Internet Explorer 7 will not support the MIME type "application/xml+xhtml". The reason given is that implementing this in IE7 would be done using the HTML parser and could end up being a hack. Chris Wilson hints that a future version of IE will support the MIME type and it will be implemented properly. As long as the release schedule for Internet Explorer is under a year per version, I'm happy with that.

They do reveal that IE7 will properly skip the xml prolog and handle XHTML in strict mode (instead of quirks mode). He also states that it is relatively easy to configure a web server to serve text/html instead of application/xml+xhtml when the user agent does not support application/xml+xhtml. This is a step forward, but it looks like XHTML will still go nowhere until IE8.

§157 · September 16, 2005 · QuickLinks, Software, Technology, Web, XML · Comments Off on IE7 Will Not Support application/xml+xhtml ·

Adobe and Mozilla: An Amicable Tussle

Via the Yahoo! SVG Developer mailing list.

Now that Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 is making its way to the more general public, an increasing number of people are wondering why they are not able to see some SVG content in the Firefox browser. Apparently the SVG examples on Adobe's SVG Zone are the biggest culprits, with a Mozilla representative stating that they are non-compliant, yet are rendered by the less-strict Adobe SVG Viewer. An Adobe representative has admitted that the SVG content on their websites are largely non-compliant, that they had been informed several months ago but have not been able to update the content to make it compliant. Read the rest of this entry ...

§154 · September 12, 2005 · Firefox, Software, SVG, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Adobe and Mozilla: An Amicable Tussle ·

Firefox 1.5 and Vulnerability

It seems that every tech website out there is simultaneously mentioning that Firefox 1.5 Beta was released and that there was a security flaw detected (PCWorld, ZDNet, Slashdot) .

Anyway, Mozilla released a workaround for this bug and it looks like that security flaw has also now been fixed. Look for this fix officially in Beta 2.

§153 · September 11, 2005 · Firefox, QuickLinks, Software, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Firefox 1.5 and Vulnerability ·

More Firefox SVG Patch Testing

The Mozilla SVG project is again calling for testing of another patch for SVG functionality:

It looks like SVG Events made it into Firefox 1.5, but it's not clear whether textPath or filters would make it into the branch (Firefox 1.5) or if it would just remain in the trunk (Firefox 2.0 development branch). Go download the latest nightly trunk build (i.e. Firefox 2.0 development branch) and test it out.

§152 · September 8, 2005 · Firefox, QuickLinks, Software, SVG, Technology, Web · Comments Off on More Firefox SVG Patch Testing ·

Betanticipation

Looks like Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 (supporting a large portion of SVG 1.1 Full) will be released in less than a week: September 8th.

Also, the Renesis Viewer Beta 1 (supporting at least SVG 1.2 Mobile) will likely happen in November timeframe, with a stretch goal of October.

§150 · September 2, 2005 · Firefox, QuickLinks, Software, SVG, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Betanticipation ·

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