Re: Major problem with web interaction and FC6

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On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 04:22 +1030, Tim wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 17:15 +0000, Dan Track wrote:
> > I'm trying to post a message to this site
> > 
> > http://www.la-samhna.de/forum/cgi-bin/wolfbbs_index.cgi
> > 
> > However, if I try and post I keep getting a Save Dialogue popping up.
> > It basically means I can't use this website with FC6. If I download
> > opera and run it with this website, the same thing happens, a save
> > dialogue pops up. Its as though FC6 is trying to be clever and
> > intercept the call to a cgi script. How can I fix this please? 
> 
> Sounds more like a stupidity with the webserver, that returns results
> without a proper MIME type (e.g. such as text/html), so the web browser
> is properly trying to save it rather than show it.
> 

It may also be a Java Script or Flash. I suggest you install the
"NoScript" and "Download Embeded" extensions for FireFox. 

> It's a common enough problem.  But since to test that theory, I'd have
> to make a post to a website I have nothing to do with, I can't test it.
> The site works, well enough, as far as reading content on it goes.
> 
> If the site is maintained by MSIE users, they mayn't notice this, as
> that client is well-known for breaking the HTTP rules, and playing
> guessing games about what to do with the data it receives.  And while
> that might seem convenient, it isn't.  It leads to exploits within that
> browser, and websites that don't work on browsers that work properly.
> 
> -- 
> (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.)
> 
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.
> I read messages from the public lists.


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