Set browser "helper" app (Modified by Devin Asay)

[Alex Rice]

On Feb 16, 2004, at 9:33 AM, Devin Asay wrote:
> Can you tell me what the mime type is for Safari? Something like 
> application/x-rev?

Don't know

> By the way, who decides the official mime type designation? Who 
> decided, for example, that the mime type for MS Excel documents is 
> application/vnd.ms-excel? Is there a registry somewhere, or do they 
> just "evolve" into a standard?

Not certain, but I don't remember ever hearing about a registry. the 
MIME types that start with "x-" are "xperimental" or something; which 
means that if you are making on up ad-hoc, then prefix it with "x-".

If an organization controls a file format then they could choose a non 
"x-" MIME type.


> The topic of creating web-enabled apps in Rev is of great interest to 
> me right now; I'm going to give a conference presentation later this 
> year on Internet-enabled applications at a Symposium of foreign 
> language educators. The working title is "The Browser is Dead; Long 
> Live the Web". Of course I am going to be talking about how easy it is 
> to create web-savvy apps in Revolution. I have read Richard Gaskin's 
> excellent article on the subject, and I would welcome anyone's input 
> who has experience/ideas on this topic.

Cool!
re: MIME types for Web enabled Rev apps maybe it's not even an issue. 
Because in your script you can just do like this and load stacks right 
into the running engine:

go URL "http://domain/next-stack.rev"

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Alex Rice | Mindlube Software | http://mindlube.com