Re: Websites which insist upon Adobe Acrobat
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On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:51:43 +0200
Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2009-09-03 15:43 +0200, Charles wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:15:05 +0200
> > Sven Joachim <svenjoac@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
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