Proposed Accept-Encoding header filter change.

[JJoe]

(Dec. 30, 2010 08:31 AM)whenever Wrote:  

(Dec. 29, 2010 05:21 PM)JJoe Wrote:  However, Opera still sends x-gzip and I found an app that added support years after its creators considered x-gzip to be deprecated. Why?

Opera users suffer pain for its sending x-gzip.

Changed. Opera will likely argue that incorrectly configured servers aren't their problem.

(Dec. 30, 2010 08:31 AM)whenever Wrote:  

(Dec. 29, 2010 05:21 PM)JJoe Wrote:  Am also considering forcing gzip only when deflate and gzip are present and or throwing a flag for deflate compressed files.

Doesn't put gzip first fix the issue?

Not necessarily. I think the server can still choose to send deflate.
"gzip,x-gzip,deflate" is supposed to mean 'use one of these, gzip is best choice"

(Dec. 30, 2010 08:31 AM)whenever Wrote:  

(Dec. 29, 2010 05:21 PM)JJoe Wrote:  The new filter allows the user to do as they wish.
Question is what should the default be?

I think the default should be behave as what most popular browsers like IE/FF do, because most servers/apps will try to keep compatibility with them too.

Perhaps, but Opera does things that IE and FF don't. I haven't any experience with Unite or the mail client and very little with Opera. The defaults shouldn't break anything important.