[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 15755] New: HTML5: WebKit should accept all image/* MIME types and use content sniffing to determine the actual type

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15755

           Summary: HTML5: WebKit should accept all image/* MIME types and
                    use content sniffing to determine the actual type
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 523.x+ (nightly)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Images
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: ddkilzer at webkit.org
                CC: ian at hixie.ch


Per Hixie's comment in Bug 15640 Comment #9:

> I don't have any data, but, HTML5 suggests treating all image/* types as
> equivalent and using magic bytes to distinguish them.

I'm not sure if the machinery (CFNetwork, etc.) on OS X currently does this, or
whether it uses the MIME type returned from the server combined with file
extensions to determine the actual image type.


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