What type should I use (If at all) in a javascript block inside html?
application/x-javascript
text/javascript
something/other...
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According to the standards you want to use "text/javascript"
Paolo Bergantino
2009-02-26 19:18:50
as Gumbo and Chad mentioned, the current recommendation is actually `application/javascript`; I'd suggest `text/javascript` for backwards compatibility, though; and btw: I think `application/x-javascript` is what Apache sends by default for '.js' files...
Christoph
2009-02-26 19:43:24
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After following a few links through the standards I've come to RFC 4329 which describes Scripting Media Types. It stats that "text/javascript" is obsolete and says that you should now be using "application/javascript".
Edit: Apparently no version of Internet Explorer supports "application/javascript", see: https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=338278. So even though "application/javascript" is correct according to the standards, I suppose you need to use text/javascript to compensate for Microsoft's broken browsers (as usual).
Chad Birch
2009-02-26 19:22:44
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Beside that application/javascript is the official MIME type of JavaScript , most browsers only accept text/javascript or just ignore the type attribute value.
Gumbo
2009-02-26 19:23:19