-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/20/2011 04:01 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 14:05 -0400, 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? > > There is a addon to firefox called Default User Agent that allow firefox > to pretend to be Internet Explorer that helps in many of these Windows > associated situationsw. You can Google it to install it. It will appear > under the Tools menu. I have one even more fun - One of my credit card sites used a Java applet to generate the PDF file. But it does not send the proper headers so that Firefox running on Linux knows it is a PDF file. So it is displayed as text. The funny thing is that it is treated as a file by Firefox running on Windows. It is a pain having to fire up Windows just to get one credit card statement. (No - I will NOT post the link - it requires logging in to my account!) Oh yes - you can not save the text as a PDF file - it does not produce a valid PDF file. Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk4onegACgkQqbQrVW3JyMQuegCdHuo4XuL8cknIfOhyEO0QdaRD OQ8An0XS9ytGneaeNWQtks4Pf6Yxdnq1 =MGtp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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
