Re: question about a web site with Safari
Hi Teresa Thanks for the information, and I'm a try to do what you said about resetting some things in Safari later. However, I discovered that Safari was downloading the file and sending it out to downloads as well as opening it. I didn't think it was saving it. So I ended up with a clean BRF file. So, now I can frustrate myself and study UVB. Hey, some of you may already know of course, but the stuff not near as straightforward as they told us it was in the website. Anyway, I'll go have some fun!!! Sent from my iPhone On Oct 27, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Gigi, There are a few other things you can do as well. In Safari preferences, you can uncheck the box that says open safe files after downloading, which is in general preferences. This assumes you want to keep all downloaded files from opening. On a case-by-case basis, you can use the contextual-menu method by first interacting with the link, then pressing VO-shift-m. When you want to open a brf file, you can configure OS X to recognize brf files. There are several ways to do this. The first is to go into the contextual menu and choose open with, then in that submenu, choose other. Choose your favorite text editor and then always use this application to open this type of file. The other way is to press command-i for info on your brf file and choose the default application from that dialog. HtH, Teresa On Oct 26, 2012, at 9:19 PM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Actually what usually works for me is option-return, but I've never tried fn-return; perhaps that also works. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 26, 2012, at 11:17 PM, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com wrote: hit Function key plus return. This works when you hit a link to aMP3 file and it will download the mp3 instead of opening and playing it. Also when this happens you get no confirmation thats it has downloaded it, you just have to look in your download folder. So it is worth a try.Try going to the link and instead of hitting return or VO Space, Sincerely, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com On Oct 26, 2012, at 8:55 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Alex. This is really weird, but I tried it twice just to make sure I had followed what you said. I got it to work, but here is how. First, I did what you said (the first time I left off the shift key.)) I got the menu, but it said about saving frames. I saved one anyway to Downloads. However, that file just saved out the links, etc. , no text of the .brf file. When I called up the file I just saved, the link then didn't ask about frames. It then asked about what you said, about downloading files. When it saved out the file this time. it was saved with a .brf.txt extension. It took off the .txt part, and it works fine in TextEdit now. I forgot to say that I saved the first file I mentioned when it talked about frames in downloads so I should be able, even if I have to change the extensions to save the other files. I've never seen this happen before, and I don' know if it would do the same in Windows or not. I may have to let them know there is a problem. If anybody out there has Windows, could you test it for me and let me know if this is just a Safari thing or if maybe I could change how this web site is showing like emulating Internet Explorer maybe. Regards, Gigi On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Same deal on the mac: right click the link. Move to it in whatever way you want, then bring up the context menu with vo-shift-m and choose download file. Let us know if that does not work. On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:58 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi guys. I'm not sure if I need to contact the web site host or what here, so I thought I would run it past you guys first to see if I'm doing something wrong or if I need another command I'm not using or don't know or something. I have several files that I would like to download from the Braille Authority of North America web site. I figure I'm going to need to study UEB, just great. Just what I need, another useless project for me. Anyway, every time I go to the web site to download informational files, the link gets activated it Safari opens the file, but I want to download the file and not open it in Safari. I used to inWindows use the Application key which most of the time downloaded the file. Did they set up the web site wrong and I need to contact them or what other command can I use so that I can save the files and send them to my braille display as a brf file. The other thing is that Safari won't let me save the file as a brf file. I changed the name and changed the extension, but unfortunately, I can't
question about a web site with Safari
Hi guys. I'm not sure if I need to contact the web site host or what here, so I thought I would run it past you guys first to see if I'm doing something wrong or if I need another command I'm not using or don't know or something. I have several files that I would like to download from the Braille Authority of North America web site. I figure I'm going to need to study UEB, just great. Just what I need, another useless project for me. Anyway, every time I go to the web site to download informational files, the link gets activated it Safari opens the file, but I want to download the file and not open it in Safari. I used to inWindows use the Application key which most of the time downloaded the file. Did they set up the web site wrong and I need to contact them or what other command can I use so that I can save the files and send them to my braille display as a brf file. The other thing is that Safari won't let me save the file as a brf file. I changed the name and changed the extension, but unfortunately, I can't get a good brf file this way. Sorry for the length of this post. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: question about a web site with Safari
Same deal on the mac: right click the link. Move to it in whatever way you want, then bring up the context menu with vo-shift-m and choose download file. Let us know if that does not work. On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:58 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi guys. I'm not sure if I need to contact the web site host or what here, so I thought I would run it past you guys first to see if I'm doing something wrong or if I need another command I'm not using or don't know or something. I have several files that I would like to download from the Braille Authority of North America web site. I figure I'm going to need to study UEB, just great. Just what I need, another useless project for me. Anyway, every time I go to the web site to download informational files, the link gets activated it Safari opens the file, but I want to download the file and not open it in Safari. I used to inWindows use the Application key which most of the time downloaded the file. Did they set up the web site wrong and I need to contact them or what other command can I use so that I can save the files and send them to my braille display as a brf file. The other thing is that Safari won't let me save the file as a brf file. I changed the name and changed the extension, but unfortunately, I can't get a good brf file this way. Sorry for the length of this post. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: question about a web site with Safari
Hi Alex. This is really weird, but I tried it twice just to make sure I had followed what you said. I got it to work, but here is how. First, I did what you said (the first time I left off the shift key.)) I got the menu, but it said about saving frames. I saved one anyway to Downloads. However, that file just saved out the links, etc. , no text of the .brf file. When I called up the file I just saved, the link then didn't ask about frames. It then asked about what you said, about downloading files. When it saved out the file this time. it was saved with a .brf.txt extension. It took off the .txt part, and it works fine in TextEdit now. I forgot to say that I saved the first file I mentioned when it talked about frames in downloads so I should be able, even if I have to change the extensions to save the other files. I've never seen this happen before, and I don' know if it would do the same in Windows or not. I may have to let them know there is a problem. If anybody out there has Windows, could you test it for me and let me know if this is just a Safari thing or if maybe I could change how this web site is showing like emulating Internet Explorer maybe. Regards, Gigi On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Same deal on the mac: right click the link. Move to it in whatever way you want, then bring up the context menu with vo-shift-m and choose download file. Let us know if that does not work. On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:58 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi guys. I'm not sure if I need to contact the web site host or what here, so I thought I would run it past you guys first to see if I'm doing something wrong or if I need another command I'm not using or don't know or something. I have several files that I would like to download from the Braille Authority of North America web site. I figure I'm going to need to study UEB, just great. Just what I need, another useless project for me. Anyway, every time I go to the web site to download informational files, the link gets activated it Safari opens the file, but I want to download the file and not open it in Safari. I used to inWindows use the Application key which most of the time downloaded the file. Did they set up the web site wrong and I need to contact them or what other command can I use so that I can save the files and send them to my braille display as a brf file. The other thing is that Safari won't let me save the file as a brf file. I changed the name and changed the extension, but unfortunately, I can't get a good brf file this way. Sorry for the length of this post. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: question about a web site with Safari
hit Function key plus return. This works when you hit a link to aMP3 file and it will download the mp3 instead of opening and playing it. Also when this happens you get no confirmation thats it has downloaded it, you just have to look in your download folder. So it is worth a try.Try going to the link and instead of hitting return or VO Space, Sincerely, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com On Oct 26, 2012, at 8:55 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Alex. This is really weird, but I tried it twice just to make sure I had followed what you said. I got it to work, but here is how. First, I did what you said (the first time I left off the shift key.)) I got the menu, but it said about saving frames. I saved one anyway to Downloads. However, that file just saved out the links, etc. , no text of the .brf file. When I called up the file I just saved, the link then didn't ask about frames. It then asked about what you said, about downloading files. When it saved out the file this time. it was saved with a .brf.txt extension. It took off the .txt part, and it works fine in TextEdit now. I forgot to say that I saved the first file I mentioned when it talked about frames in downloads so I should be able, even if I have to change the extensions to save the other files. I've never seen this happen before, and I don' know if it would do the same in Windows or not. I may have to let them know there is a problem. If anybody out there has Windows, could you test it for me and let me know if this is just a Safari thing or if maybe I could change how this web site is showing like emulating Internet Explorer maybe. Regards, Gigi On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Same deal on the mac: right click the link. Move to it in whatever way you want, then bring up the context menu with vo-shift-m and choose download file. Let us know if that does not work. On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:58 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi guys. I'm not sure if I need to contact the web site host or what here, so I thought I would run it past you guys first to see if I'm doing something wrong or if I need another command I'm not using or don't know or something. I have several files that I would like to download from the Braille Authority of North America web site. I figure I'm going to need to study UEB, just great. Just what I need, another useless project for me. Anyway, every time I go to the web site to download informational files, the link gets activated it Safari opens the file, but I want to download the file and not open it in Safari. I used to inWindows use the Application key which most of the time downloaded the file. Did they set up the web site wrong and I need to contact them or what other command can I use so that I can save the files and send them to my braille display as a brf file. The other thing is that Safari won't let me save the file as a brf file. I changed the name and changed the extension, but unfortunately, I can't get a good brf file this way. Sorry for the length of this post. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: question about a web site with Safari
Actually what usually works for me is option-return, but I've never tried fn-return; perhaps that also works. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 26, 2012, at 11:17 PM, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com wrote: hit Function key plus return. This works when you hit a link to aMP3 file and it will download the mp3 instead of opening and playing it. Also when this happens you get no confirmation thats it has downloaded it, you just have to look in your download folder. So it is worth a try.Try going to the link and instead of hitting return or VO Space, Sincerely, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com On Oct 26, 2012, at 8:55 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Alex. This is really weird, but I tried it twice just to make sure I had followed what you said. I got it to work, but here is how. First, I did what you said (the first time I left off the shift key.)) I got the menu, but it said about saving frames. I saved one anyway to Downloads. However, that file just saved out the links, etc. , no text of the .brf file. When I called up the file I just saved, the link then didn't ask about frames. It then asked about what you said, about downloading files. When it saved out the file this time. it was saved with a .brf.txt extension. It took off the .txt part, and it works fine in TextEdit now. I forgot to say that I saved the first file I mentioned when it talked about frames in downloads so I should be able, even if I have to change the extensions to save the other files. I've never seen this happen before, and I don' know if it would do the same in Windows or not. I may have to let them know there is a problem. If anybody out there has Windows, could you test it for me and let me know if this is just a Safari thing or if maybe I could change how this web site is showing like emulating Internet Explorer maybe. Regards, Gigi On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Same deal on the mac: right click the link. Move to it in whatever way you want, then bring up the context menu with vo-shift-m and choose download file. Let us know if that does not work. On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:58 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi guys. I'm not sure if I need to contact the web site host or what here, so I thought I would run it past you guys first to see if I'm doing something wrong or if I need another command I'm not using or don't know or something. I have several files that I would like to download from the Braille Authority of North America web site. I figure I'm going to need to study UEB, just great. Just what I need, another useless project for me. Anyway, every time I go to the web site to download informational files, the link gets activated it Safari opens the file, but I want to download the file and not open it in Safari. I used to inWindows use the Application key which most of the time downloaded the file. Did they set up the web site wrong and I need to contact them or what other command can I use so that I can save the files and send them to my braille display as a brf file. The other thing is that Safari won't let me save the file as a brf file. I changed the name and changed the extension, but unfortunately, I can't get a good brf file this way. Sorry for the length of this post. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
Re: question about a web site with Safari
You might be right.Now I am not so sure if it was Function Return or Option return. Function Return is the Enter key on the iMacks laptop style keyboard. And on the Mac Return and Enter are not necessarily the same from what I understand. So I apologize if I got the modifier key mixed up, I would try both just to be thorough. Sincerely, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com On Oct 26, 2012, at 9:19 PM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Actually what usually works for me is option-return, but I've never tried fn-return; perhaps that also works. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 26, 2012, at 11:17 PM, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com wrote: hit Function key plus return. This works when you hit a link to aMP3 file and it will download the mp3 instead of opening and playing it. Also when this happens you get no confirmation thats it has downloaded it, you just have to look in your download folder. So it is worth a try.Try going to the link and instead of hitting return or VO Space, Sincerely, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com On Oct 26, 2012, at 8:55 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Alex. This is really weird, but I tried it twice just to make sure I had followed what you said. I got it to work, but here is how. First, I did what you said (the first time I left off the shift key.)) I got the menu, but it said about saving frames. I saved one anyway to Downloads. However, that file just saved out the links, etc. , no text of the .brf file. When I called up the file I just saved, the link then didn't ask about frames. It then asked about what you said, about downloading files. When it saved out the file this time. it was saved with a .brf.txt extension. It took off the .txt part, and it works fine in TextEdit now. I forgot to say that I saved the first file I mentioned when it talked about frames in downloads so I should be able, even if I have to change the extensions to save the other files. I've never seen this happen before, and I don' know if it would do the same in Windows or not. I may have to let them know there is a problem. If anybody out there has Windows, could you test it for me and let me know if this is just a Safari thing or if maybe I could change how this web site is showing like emulating Internet Explorer maybe. Regards, Gigi On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Same deal on the mac: right click the link. Move to it in whatever way you want, then bring up the context menu with vo-shift-m and choose download file. Let us know if that does not work. On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:58 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi guys. I'm not sure if I need to contact the web site host or what here, so I thought I would run it past you guys first to see if I'm doing something wrong or if I need another command I'm not using or don't know or something. I have several files that I would like to download from the Braille Authority of North America web site. I figure I'm going to need to study UEB, just great. Just what I need, another useless project for me. Anyway, every time I go to the web site to download informational files, the link gets activated it Safari opens the file, but I want to download the file and not open it in Safari. I used to inWindows use the Application key which most of the time downloaded the file. Did they set up the web site wrong and I need to contact them or what other command can I use so that I can save the files and send them to my braille display as a brf file. The other thing is that Safari won't let me save the file as a brf file. I changed the name and changed the extension, but unfortunately, I can't get a good brf file this way. Sorry for the length of this post. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to
