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Debug message "Resource interpreted as other but transferred with MIME type application/javascript"

Asked 2009-03-18T13:26:09.130
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OK, I understand what the messages means, but I'm really not sure what's causing it. I'm using Safari and the Web Inspector on Mac OS X, by the way.

I've got the following in my document head:

<script src="http://local.url/a/js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://local.url/a/js/jquery.inplace.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

jquery.js is handled fine, but the other file causes the warning. It also seems that the javascript in this file never gets executed.

The file is being served via mod_deflate, so it is gzip encoded, but so is the other file.

Has anybody got any ideas what's causing this, or how to resolve it?

Cheers all, Gaz.

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I don't think it is a bug, Try adding the MIME type to your .htaccess file For instance, put or add the following content to your .htaccess file (which should be in the same place of your .js or above folders)

#JavaScript
AddType application/x-javascript .js

This solved my tree "Resource interpreted as other but transfered ... " warnings. Everytime you have that kind of warning it means you don't have enough info in your .htaccess file.

BTW1: Since you are modifying .htaccess file, make sure you restart your server.

BTW2: I also could clear same warnings for GIF files in Safari 4 with this:

#GIF
AddType image/gif .gif

BTW3: For other file types: see w3schools list or htaccess-guide

answered 2010-01-02T05:11:55.827
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It seems like a bug in Safari's cache handling policies.

Workaround in apache:

Header unset ETag
Header unset Last-Modified
answered 2009-06-11T03:23:06.370

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