From dev-return-7668-apmail-couchdb-dev-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Wed Dec 16 09:52:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 53914 invoked from network); 16 Dec 2009 09:52:41 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 16 Dec 2009 09:52:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 86299 invoked by uid 500); 16 Dec 2009 09:52:40 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 86218 invoked by uid 500); 16 Dec 2009 09:52:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 86208 invoked by uid 99); 16 Dec 2009 09:52:40 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:52:40 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-10.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.140] (HELO brutus.apache.org) (140.211.11.140) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:52:38 +0000 Received: from brutus (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brutus.apache.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DF9C234C4C4 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:52:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <487219387.1260957138187.JavaMail.jira@brutus> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:52:18 +0000 (UTC) From: "Dirkjan Ochtman (JIRA)" To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Subject: [jira] Commented: (COUCHDB-348) / should redirect to a human readable page when accessed from a browser In-Reply-To: <2070591586.1242067785569.JavaMail.jira@brutus> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-348?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12791296#action_12791296 ] Dirkjan Ochtman commented on COUCHDB-348: ----------------------------------------- It should probably parse the qvalues and try to only redirect if text/html (or maybe application/xhtml+xml?) gets higher priority than application/json. > / should redirect to a human readable page when accessed from a browser > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > Attachments: COUCHDB_348_01.patch > > > 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. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.