Actually what usually works for me is option-return, but I've never tried fn-return; perhaps that also works.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 26, 2012, at 11:17 PM, Donovan Osborn <donovan303...@gmail.com> wrote: > hit Function key plus return. > This works when you hit a link to aMP3 file and it will download the mp3 > instead of opening and playing it. > Also when this happens you get no confirmation thats it has downloaded it, > you just have to look in your download folder. > So it is worth a try.Try going to the link and instead of hitting return or > VO Space, > Sincerely, > > Donovan Osborn > donovan303...@gmail.com > > > > On Oct 26, 2012, at 8:55 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi Alex. >> This is really weird, but I tried it twice just to make sure I had followed >> what you said. I got it to work, but here is how. >> >> First, I did what you said (the first time I left off the shift key.)) I got >> the menu, but it said about saving frames. I saved one anyway to Downloads. >> However, that file just saved out the links, etc. , no text of the .brf >> file. When I called up the file I just saved, the link then didn't ask about >> frames. It then asked about what you said, about downloading files. When it >> saved out the file this time. it was saved with a .brf.txt extension. It >> took off the .txt part, and it works fine in TextEdit now. I forgot to say >> that I saved the first file I mentioned when it talked about frames in >> downloads so I should be able, even if I have to change the extensions to >> save the other files. I've never seen this happen before, and I don' know if >> it would do the same in Windows or not. I may have to let them know there is >> a problem. If anybody out there has Windows, could you test it for me and >> let me know if this is just a Safari thing or if maybe I could change how >> this web site is showing like emulating Internet Explorer maybe. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Same deal on the mac: right click the link. Move to it in whatever way you >>> want, then bring up the context menu with vo-shift-m and choose download >>> file. Let us know if that does not work. >>> On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:58 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi guys. >>>> I'm not sure if I need to contact the web site host or what here, so I >>>> thought I would run it past you guys first to see if I'm doing something >>>> wrong or if I need another command I'm not using or don't know or >>>> something. >>>> >>>> I have several files that I would like to download from the Braille >>>> Authority of North America web site. I figure I'm going to need to study >>>> UEB, just great. Just what I need, another useless project for me. Anyway, >>>> every time I go to the web site to download informational files, the link >>>> gets activated it Safari opens the file, but I want to download the file >>>> and not open it in Safari. I used to inWindows use the Application key >>>> which most of the time downloaded the file. Did they set up the web site >>>> wrong and I need to contact them or what other command can I use so that I >>>> can save the files and send them to my braille display as a brf file. The >>>> other thing is that Safari won't let me save the file as a brf file. I >>>> changed the name and changed the extension, but unfortunately, I can't get >>>> a good brf file this way. 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