-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:51:43 +0200 Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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. > >> > > 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. I'll give that a shot - if that doesn't work then I might just give up and read the mail on my wife's machine . - -- Charles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkqf0jcACgkQIyN89Z1rCtEuqACeOBRiSJqjINzyWgeKfHptWLYd R1kAnRqN8hZMwEZ7xoljH87wCiDsE2LU =Z26H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
