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Paul Joseph Davis commented on COUCHDB-348:
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@matt - So I'm unsuprised to learn that IE screws the pooch as per usual. But technically if they end up preferring */* then if memory serves the server can choose. And I don't know why that choice couldn't be based on what exists in the User-Agent string if it exists.

> / should redirect to a human readable page when accessed from a browser
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>                 Key: COUCHDB-348
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-348
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: HTTP Interface
>            Reporter: Chris Anderson
>             Fix For: 0.11
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>         Attachments: COUCHDB_348_01.patch, COUCHDB_348_02.patch
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> As more people are adopting CouchDB, the number of questions along the lines of "All I see is {"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"0.10.0a773399"}, what now?"
> If this page redirected to /_utils/ (or maybe something more user-focussed) when the accept headers included html, we could make the first-time user experience more palatable.
> There's some code in COUCHDB-234 that might be helpful here.

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