[Bug 14055] Re: using firefox to download a file doesn't work

[Alexander Sack]

On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 06:28:50PM -0000, Alan wrote:
> Two and half years later, I'm running Fiesty Fawn (7.04) with Mozilla
> Firefox 2.0.0.6 and I'm  having this same exact problem. Has anyone been
> working on it?
> 
> Right clicking and selecting "Save As..." doesn't always work for me,
> but that's just because of website design. Some use an PHP link that
> automatically changes, so Save As... doesn't save the .tar/.gz file i'm
> trying to download, it tries to save the .php file instead.
> 


Well ... your description doesn't really sound like a bug. If a
website implements some redirect shuffling to automatically make you
download, right clicking on the initial link won't bring you anyway
... as you pointed out this is by website design and firefox cannot do
much about it.

 - Alexander

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using firefox to download a file doesn't work
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