On 2009-09-03 15:43 +0200, Charles wrote: > On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:15:05 +0200 > Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> On 2009-09-02 23:44 +0200, Charles wrote: >> >> > I have run across several websites lately which insist they cannot >> > download PDF files to you because you don't have Adobe Acrobat >> > installed. >> >> To say the truth, I cannot remember having ever met such a website >> myself. Everyone serves PDF files as MIME type application/pdf, >> and my browser offers the choice between saving them and opening >> them in an external PDF viewer. > > Not everyone. > When the cursor is over the item all you see (at the bottom of the > firefox screen) is javascript commands...not the usual http:// stuff > (usually ending in whatever.pdf. When you click on the item, that's > when it tells you you need Adobe..and even offers a link to download > it :)
Fortunately I almost never notice such things, since Javascript is usually turned off. >> Could you give an example so that we can reproduce your problem? >> > > The porition of the site on which I had the problem is my personal > email from the government. I just checked and there are areas where > forms are offered to the public in the normal http://whatever.pdf > format. Those I can right click on and view or download. But the > password-protected email section doesn't offer that and that's where > the site insists upon Adobe. I ended up going to my wife's machine > (Windows XP) and reading the mail there. Maybe the site is looking at > the operating system ?? Try changing your browser's User-Agent string to find out. Also, firebug might be useful to debug their Javascript. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
