[Rails] Re: Re: Forcing a download rather than playing a .wm

Walter Davis wrote in post #970659:
> On Dec 25, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
>
>> as
>> the user sees fit?
>>
>
> Create two separate paths, and on one, force the download by setting
> the file-type to application/binary or something equally un-playable.

No! Do not mess with MIME types, ever, for any reason like this. The
proper way involves the content-disposition header.

> On the other, let the file-type come naturally (default behavior). The
> two different paths point to the same file, but one is kinked to
> always be something that can't be played in a browser.

That is a terrible idea. The point of a MIME type is to tell what the
file is, not to play stupid
games like these.

>
> Walter

Best,
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Marnen Laibow-Koser
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marnen@marnen.org

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