On 2008-05-01, David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name> wrote:
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> Normally the browser learns what encoding to read by the server's HTTP
> headers. An http-equiv declaration in an HTML file is a way to override
> a server's content-type (encoding).

It doesn't override it-- if both are present, the server header wins.

> You only use this if your server isn't serving files with the correct
> content-type.

Yes, or because you're using file:// urls during development.