22010 2013-05-11 14:17:56 +0000 Carry over (or add) a charset parameter where applicable 2019-03-30 19:51:18 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG MIME unspecified All All RESOLVED WONTFIX P2 normal Unsorted 21307 1 gphemsley gphemsley annevk mike sideshowbarker+mimespec oldest_to_newest 87564 0 gphemsley 2013-05-11 14:17:56 +0000 For text (or text-like) MIME types, the character encoding is crucially important. Right now, the sniffing algorithm mostly just throws it away, even when the information is known. The spec should better handle the cases where a charset parameter is present in the supplied MIME type and when the charset parameter can be set according to the BOM. See also: bug 22009. 129730 1 annevk 2019-03-30 19:51:18 +0000 As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm not convinced we should change much to the status quo.