HTTP defines an 'Accept' header.
Joel Palmius wrote:
>Is there a mod_perl API (or some other standard way) to determine what a
>client web browser is capable of displaying? (images, tables, plugins...)
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>I am developing a web questionnaire system in mod_perl (1.26) and I'm
>thinking about maybe dividing the display code into different levels
>depending on what the client can handle (no graphics no css for lynx-like
>browsers, stylesheets and images for most browsers, and plugin extensions
>for more advanced browsers).
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>Only, I can't figure out how to determine if a client is capable of
>displaing an image, a stylesheets or (as an example) a J2RE 1.4
>java-plugin compatible applet.
>
>When reading the "HTTP_ACCEPT" environment variable, both lynx and mozilla
>say they can handle "image/png", while in practise lynx cannot display
>that.
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> // Joel
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