Broken Link

Ron Mardix ron.mardix at gmail.com
Fri Oct 20 22:12:38 UTC 2006


Hi Matthew,

Actually, I was using Firefox as well.  I believe that the reason that you
are now seeing the page correctly is because the file was fixed (see full
thread).

~Ron Mardix

On 10/20/06, Matthew Nuzum <matthew.nuzum at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> Local User wrote:
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > I tried it in Opera and it failed as well.  So I guess the next logical
> > question is why have a link on a page which fails in all the major linux
> > browsers?
> >> >
> >> > Half way down the page there is a link to SVG format under Ubuntu
> >> > Palette.  When I click on the link I get an XML parsing error.
> >>
> >> It's not actually a broken link.  The link points to an SVG file (which
> >> is XML).  Alas, firefox / epiphany don't recognise the file as SVG, and
> >> try parsing the XML.
>
> The solution may be to either:
> * Have the correct HTTP header sent, or
> * gzip the file, or
> * save it as Gzip'd svg (svgz)
>
> first option is out, because it requires hacking moin, which isn't going
> to happen on w.u.c. Third option might make it into an Inkscape only
> file, I don't know if other editors support svgz.
>
> I'm using Firefox in Dapper and it loads just fine in my browser. I
> click the link and get the pretty Ubuntu palate scaled to fit my browser
> window.
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