On Wednesday 20 July 2011 19:05:06 Tom Horsley wrote: > Does anyone know what the deal is these days with lots of > web sites and PDF files? (I just encountered one on my online > pharmacy for instance, and back at the beginning of the > year when trying to access my W2 forms online). > > I have no problem with a simple link to a real PDF file, but > now sites are doing some kind of magic voo-doo that (on > Windows, where it works) pops up the PDF in a new window > which has some sort of magic toolbar that appears when you > mouse over it. > > I have no idea what kind of thing is being used to display > this, or why so many web sites think it is a good idea > to prevent their customers from accessing the site on > linux. All I get on linux is an about:blank new window > where nothing appears. > > Anyone know if this nonsense has a name I can search > for or better yet, a firefox plugin that will enable me > to just access the damn PDF file? How about an example link? Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
