[thelist] Encoding vs. Type

Burhan Khalid burhankhalid at members.evolt.org
Thu Nov 7 09:02:01 CST 2002


Hello list,

  Good morning!

  Can someone please explain to me the difference between encoding and
  the type of file (by that I mean, say the extension, like .doc is
  generally considered a document) -- and how does it effect us as web
  designers?

  Why would someone want to set the encoding type to something that
  the file wasn't(?) -- or is that the right way to think about it?

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