-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:12:12 +0200 Sjoerd Hardeman <sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
> Charles schreef: > > 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 :) > Can't you look in the source of the site, and see if the link to > the pdf is named in some javascript function? (firebug is great for > that) Of course not ideal, but it might just work. Good idea. I will do that. - -- Charles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkqf4HgACgkQIyN89Z1rCtHY3wCeKvDbISea6fZzCCGtq6NFITn0 huUAn3hU/FrJ8Uq8a4/gyCjo78vSdWOX =0hdD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
