Re: Re: [FeedValidator] Validating dates

> But supposing I'm wrong in that IE (for example) chooses not to use HTTP
> Accept-Language (or whatever it's called) when it's fetching a feed.  I
> don't think it should change what I'm doing.  All that will happen is
> that I'll send back feeds in English (my own default) unless a language
> is explicitly specified in the url.

Actually I'll confess to not being entirely sure just how the /current/ crop
of readers and browsers handle language headers during requests for
resources.  What they "should" be doing compared to how they've done it in
the past or even as the specs current dictate is an open question.  My
commentary is based more on experience with seeing how various developers
have misinterpreted how all the pieces actually fit and how they were
'supposed to' fit.

> > I don't have any miracle answers here, just warnings.
> Sensible ones!

Well, thanks.  I'd certainly like to see more tools really doing a better
job of language handling.  But without more noise from more users and other
developers I'm afraid it'll continue to languish unappreciated and
underdeveloped.  Sort of a shame really, as the specs have been remarkable
well reasoned in how things are 'supposed to be' handled.  Few tools have
ever really met up with the specs.

-Bill Kearney



 
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