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They are serving a raw text file from the endpoint of an http server. In case you don't know what http stands for: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. This is very mu
by llm_trw 2y ago
They are serving a raw text file from the endpoint of an http server. In case you don't know what http stands for: Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
This is very much a _them_ problem. They want the ease of use of the www with the simplicity of the early internet.
You can't have both.
Back in the day you'd use an ftp server for textfiles. Of course in this day and age I doubt even 20% of the people on here can fire up an ftp client, connect to an ftp server, download a text file, open it in a text editor, read it and not get lost somewhere along the way.
- bmacho 2y ago> They are serving a raw text file from the endpoint of an http server. In case you don't know what http stands for: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. ??? It has the valid http content type: text/plain If your browser can't display text/plain properly, then it should open an app to do that, or offer it for a download. I am not sure what do you want with this http = html.
- llm_trw 2y agoIf you're using a http sever to serve plain text files you're doing internet wrong.
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- timeon 2y agoNot sure if wrong, but definitely gimmick instead of Brutalism.
- bmacho 2y agohttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/MIME_types/Common_types https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/MIME_types... Common MIME types This topic lists the most common MIME types with corresponding document types, ordered by their common extensions. The following two important MIME types are the default types: text/plain is the default value for textual files. A textual file should be human-readable and must not contain binary data.