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=== Web Fallback === | === Web Fallback === | ||
If you are making client software that is meant to be used by interactive users you can redirect them to a web version of your app. For example by building the ability to show a webpage into the client if the server detects the client is too old. If you are using [[Content Negotiation]] you can implement this by [[Accept Header | accepting]] the `text/html` [[Media Types | Media Type]] and opening a browser window in response. | If you are making client software that is meant to be used by interactive users you can redirect them to a web version of your app. For example by building the ability to show a webpage into the client if the server detects the client is too old. If you are using [[Content Negotiation]] you can implement this by [[Accept Header | accepting]] the `text/html` [[Media Types | Media Type]] and opening a browser window in response. | ||
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