Re: RE: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-16 Thread Tommy Pham
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 4:13 AM, HallMarc Websites wrote: > Seems strange that you are given a choice. My clients have been telling me > that they are told to get the latest Acrobat Reader by Safari. Which they > have done (again why allow a plugin that isn't supported get installed to > begin

Re: RE: RE: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-16 Thread Tim Streater
On 16 Nov 2011 at 12:13, HallMarc Websites wrote: > Seems strange that you are given a choice. My clients have been telling me > that they are told to get the latest Acrobat Reader by Safari. Which they have > done (again why allow a plugin that isn't supported get installed to begin > with) onl

RE: RE: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-16 Thread HallMarc Websites
> I have to say that I still really have no clue what you are talking about. Why > would anyone with OS X want Acrobat Reader, when there is a perfectly > good [1] application (note: application, not "feature") available that does > the > task just as well. And when the PDF shows up in Safari you

Re: RE: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-16 Thread Tim Streater
On 16 Nov 2011 at 00:43, HallMarc Websites wrote: > And in conclusion; sorry, I get uppity after a long day LOL. It's as I already > thought; the answer is NO. So here is what I will do for any of you looking > for an answer and stumbling across my slight rant, I will detect if it is > Safari 5.

RE: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-15 Thread Tamara Temple
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:04:42 -0500, HallMarc Websites sent: On the face of it, if you are writing a PHP application for others to use, *forcing* a particular behaviour on them (on *their* own machine) is probably not a good idea. Why not let the user deal with this as they see fit? One can

RE: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-15 Thread HallMarc Websites
And in conclusion; sorry, I get uppity after a long day LOL. It's as I already thought; the answer is NO. So here is what I will do for any of you looking for an answer and stumbling across my slight rant, I will detect if it is Safari 5.1.x and then just remove the view link and leave them with

RE: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-15 Thread HallMarc Websites
> On the face of it, if you are writing a PHP application for others to use, > *forcing* a particular behaviour on them (on *their* own machine) is > probably not a good idea. Why not let the user deal with this as they see fit? > One can go way too far trying to ensure a uniform experience among u

Re: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-15 Thread Tamara Temple
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:36:58 +, Ashley Sheridan sent: On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 23:15 +0100, Matijn Woudt wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:08 PM, HallMarc Websites wrote: > I'm sure everyone here is aware that the latest Mac OS and Safari 5.1.x do not support opening PDFs in the browser w

Re: Re: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-15 Thread Tim Streater
On 15 Nov 2011 at 22:36, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > I always thought that opening a PDF inside the browser was a rubbish > idea anyway. I've uninstalled Adobe Reader from my work machine now and > the world is a happier place! Well I'd rather it displays in the browser initially, which it does bu

Re: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-15 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 23:15 +0100, Matijn Woudt wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:08 PM, HallMarc Websites > wrote: > > I'm sure everyone here is aware that the latest Mac OS and Safari 5.1.x do > > not support opening PDFs in the browser window with Acrobat Reader plugin > > anymore. It is n

Re: [PHP] Safari and PDF

2011-11-15 Thread Matijn Woudt
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:08 PM, HallMarc Websites wrote: > I'm sure everyone here is aware that the latest Mac OS and Safari 5.1.x do > not support opening PDFs in the browser window with Acrobat Reader plugin > anymore. It is now necessary to open them with Preview instead. My question > is