I have an application that consists of a single web page index.html, which after loading makes various AJAX requests.
When I look at the http request headers for this page, I can see amongst the other accepted types, the MIME type for Flash. When I examine the headers generated by the AJAX calls using Firebug, the MIME types have been changed. In particular I notice there is a new header containing the Prototype Version (neat idea) and a MIME type of */*. Specifically there is no longer the Flash MIME type. My questions are: 1) What is */*? Does this mean the browser can now accept any content type? 2) Since I have lost the MIME type for Flash, I can no longer check on my server if the client supports Flash during an AJAX request (and return a graph for instance). What is the best way to do this? I can write JS code to do this, but then I have to modify the requestHeaders myself afterwards, which seems silly not to mention quite a lot of work! Now I know this action is ‘described’ here http://www.prototypejs.org/api/ajax/options but surely it would have been better to just add the additional prototype header and leave the headers intact otherwise? Any help appreciated! Simon M --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
