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Benjamin Young commented on COUCHDB-348:
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What if we had this backwards? What if {{/}} defaulted to {{text/html}} unless
the client (aka, CouchDB libraries, HTTP libs, etc) explicitly requested
otherwise?
Browsers, then get Futon/Fauxton handed to them. Clients that hit the {{/}}
resource (mostly Futon & Fauxton, I'd recon), then be sure they're asking for
{{application/json}} when hitting that URL. They should be anyway if that's
what they want. :)
That seems like a lighter, faster fix that won't break (m)any things. :) One
hopes...
> / should redirect to a human readable page when accessed from a browser
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> Key: COUCHDB-348
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-348
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: HTTP Interface
> Reporter: Chris Anderson
> Assignee: Robert Newson
> Attachments: COUCHDB_348_01.patch, COUCHDB_348_02.patch,
> COUCHDB_348_03.patch, encs.erl
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> As more people are adopting CouchDB, the number of questions along the lines
> of "All I see is {"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"0.10.0a773399"}, what now?"
> If this page redirected to /_utils/ (or maybe something more user-focussed)
> when the accept headers included html, we could make the first-time user
> experience more palatable.
> There's some code in COUCHDB-234 that might be helpful here.
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