In that case we go back to structured files. Structured files should be read using specialized parsers, not plain character streams.
Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver Hunt Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Aaron Boodman; Dave Camp; Maciej Stachowiak; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Křištof Želechovski; Ian Hickson Subject: Re: [whatwg] Offline Web Apps Surely it would be possible for the browser to transparently store the encoding in the event that none was defined by the developer?