In article
<Pine.GSO.4.63.0808251633210.2568@s5b004.rrzn.un i-hannover.de>,
Andreas Prilop <prilop4321@trashmail.net> wrote:

> Is there any *practical* use of writing, say,
>
> <a href="book.pdf" type="application/pdf">
>
> with a TYPE attribute?

Yes: <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/WWW/userfriendlierhyperlinks/>.

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