Re: blank page when reading pdf file
J. Weaver Jr. wrote: Phillip Jones wrote: Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? I don't think it necessarily is supposed to. On occasion, when SeaMonkey crashes for whatever reason it goes to a Blank Home page the only way to cure is go to your homepage. then go to Preferences (in Macintosh - called something else in Widows/Linux/UNIX) then To Browser clear out what ever you have set as home page and click on Use current page) this will fix it until next crash. Possibly the same mechanism the screws up then is screwing up when you call a PDF and the only PDF viewer from within SM or ThunderBird for that matter, that works is called PDF Browser Plugin by Schubert of Germany. There's no crash involved with this, though - it's just this extra, blank page that opens up while the PDF is downloading and before whatever external PDF reader is called, and which stays open and blank, even after the PDF reader is exited. It's not a crash, and it's really only cumbersome to the extent that it requires one click on the X to close it away, but it's still a bug. -JW Cannot see the prob, myself!! You tell SM to open a page called www.somethinghere.com/otherthing.pdf The first thing SM does is start to look for the www.somethinghere.com so opens a new browser (or in a current browser) page, then, and only then, does SM look at the next bit otherthing.pdf and realises that it needs to do whatever you have set up to handle a pdf file. Cannot see the prob!! Of course, my understanding of the situation might be stuffed, but it seems to apply. Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
BeeNeR wrote: On or about 4/6/2010 12:39 PM, Walter hatte gesagt: Daniel wrote: Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. Walter, it can be done either of two ways, one loading Adobe Reader as a separate program and the other using Adobe Reader as a helper program to load the page with-in SM. Walter, have a look back through the posts here, and look for a thread called Constant crash on PDF links about 5-6 days ago. Could have an answer for you. HTH Daniel Daniel, I did look at the posts in constant crash on PDF links but did not find the problem mentioned there. As I explained in my original post, when I invoke the adobe reader then load the file I get NO blank page. It is only when I click on the pdf file and SM calls adobe reader, then the blank page is behind the pdf display. By the way, this has showed up after I downloaded and installed SM 2.0.3. walte. Same here. In the 1.x.x versions you had a choice Open in Browser or Open in (program). It seems as though the choice went away in 2.x.x. When opening in (program) a blank page was displayed, when opening in the browser it appeared in the tab. Strangely, I have discovered that if I go back to the page from which I came, (where I clicked on the pdf link) it will display that page as long as I have not xed the pdf page. After I x the pdf page, then the page from which I came (link to the pdf) is now blank. In checking the plugins, I find that adobe reader is the default reader of pdf files. W. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? -- /Arne ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. Walter, it can be done either of two ways, one loading Adobe Reader as a separate program and the other using Adobe Reader as a helper program to load the page with-in SM. Walter, have a look back through the posts here, and look for a thread called Constant crash on PDF links about 5-6 days ago. Could have an answer for you. HTH Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? I don't think it necessarily is supposed to. On occasion, when SeaMonkey crashes for whatever reason it goes to a Blank Home page the only way to cure is go to your homepage. then go to Preferences (in Macintosh - called something else in Widows/Linux/UNIX) then To Browser clear out what ever you have set as home page and click on Use current page) this will fix it until next crash. Possibly the same mechanism the screws up then is screwing up when you call a PDF and the only PDF viewer from within SM or ThunderBird for that matter, that works is called PDF Browser Plugin by Schubert of Germany. -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.If it's Fixed, Don't Break it http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org mailto:pjon...@kimbanet.com ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Phillip Jones wrote: Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? I don't think it necessarily is supposed to. On occasion, when SeaMonkey crashes for whatever reason it goes to a Blank Home page the only way to cure is go to your homepage. then go to Preferences (in Macintosh - called something else in Widows/Linux/UNIX) then To Browser clear out what ever you have set as home page and click on Use current page) this will fix it until next crash. Possibly the same mechanism the screws up then is screwing up when you call a PDF and the only PDF viewer from within SM or ThunderBird for that matter, that works is called PDF Browser Plugin by Schubert of Germany. There's no crash involved with this, though - it's just this extra, blank page that opens up while the PDF is downloading and before whatever external PDF reader is called, and which stays open and blank, even after the PDF reader is exited. It's not a crash, and it's really only cumbersome to the extent that it requires one click on the X to close it away, but it's still a bug. -JW ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
On 4/6/10 2:40 AM, Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? It's not the launching of the PDF reader that throws up the blank page. It's the JavaScript that thinks the PDF file will be viewed in a browser window. However, the PDF file is served by a MIME type that instead requires a separate PDF reader. As I said before, it's the result of a poorly designed Web page. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ Go to Mozdev at http://www.mozdev.org/ for quick access to extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other Mozilla-related applications. You can access Mozdev much more quickly than you can Mozilla Add-Ons. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
David E. Ross wrote: On 4/6/10 2:40 AM, Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? It's not the launching of the PDF reader that throws up the blank page. It's the JavaScript that thinks the PDF file will be viewed in a browser window. However, the PDF file is served by a MIME type that instead requires a separate PDF reader. As I said before, it's the result of a poorly designed Web page. Okay, then give me a link to a site with downloadable PDF-files where this don't happen. Sure there must be at least one you have found, and even that would be one more than I know about. I have also still to find a PDF file that *requires* a separate PDF reader. Only in IE (v.8) I have no clue how to prevent PDF's from opening within the browser window, but since I don't use IE I don't care. ;) I believe it is the code within SM that cause this, not the site. When SM can't decide if the pref settings are set to open within the SM tab/page or within the stand alone PDF reader. -- /Arne ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/6/10 2:40 AM, Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? It's not the launching of the PDF reader that throws up the blank page. It's the JavaScript that thinks the PDF file will be viewed in a browser window. However, the PDF file is served by a MIME type that instead requires a separate PDF reader. As I said before, it's the result of a poorly designed Web page. Okay, then give me a link to a site with downloadable PDF-files where this don't happen. Sure there must be at least one you have found, and even that would be one more than I know about. I publish monthly newsletters for a club website which the editor supplies in PDF format. My pages use simple links to the files: a href=../news/news201003.pdfMarch 2010/a and no 'extra tab or window' is opened by SeaMonkey, Firefox, Opera. When I click on the link, I get a dialog asking if I want to Open or Download. Choosing Open loads it in my default PDF reader Evince. No new tabs in the browsers. I'd let you test, except these are in a passworded members only portion of the web site. I have also still to find a PDF file that *requires* a separate PDF reader. Only in IE (v.8) I have no clue how to prevent PDF's from opening within the browser window, but since I don't use IE I don't care. ;) Tell IE to remove the PDF file association? I believe it is the code within SM that cause this, not the site. When SM can't decide if the pref settings are set to open within the SM tab/page or within the stand alone PDF reader. I think it is the individual coding of the page containing the link. Regardless of browser. -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Daniel wrote: Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. Walter, it can be done either of two ways, one loading Adobe Reader as a separate program and the other using Adobe Reader as a helper program to load the page with-in SM. Walter, have a look back through the posts here, and look for a thread called Constant crash on PDF links about 5-6 days ago. Could have an answer for you. HTH Daniel Daniel, I did look at the posts in constant crash on PDF links but did not find the problem mentioned there. As I explained in my original post, when I invoke the adobe reader then load the file I get NO blank page. It is only when I click on the pdf file and SM calls adobe reader, then the blank page is behind the pdf display. By the way, this has showed up after I downloaded and installed SM 2.0.3. walte. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
On 4/6/10 8:37 AM, Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/6/10 2:40 AM, Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? It's not the launching of the PDF reader that throws up the blank page. It's the JavaScript that thinks the PDF file will be viewed in a browser window. However, the PDF file is served by a MIME type that instead requires a separate PDF reader. As I said before, it's the result of a poorly designed Web page. Okay, then give me a link to a site with downloadable PDF-files where this don't happen. Sure there must be at least one you have found, and even that would be one more than I know about. I have also still to find a PDF file that *requires* a separate PDF reader. Only in IE (v.8) I have no clue how to prevent PDF's from opening within the browser window, but since I don't use IE I don't care. ;) I believe it is the code within SM that cause this, not the site. When SM can't decide if the pref settings are set to open within the SM tab/page or within the stand alone PDF reader. Go to my http://www.rossde.com/garden/public_gardens.html. Scroll down to Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, England, UK. Select the link gardens in the phrase we found the formal gardens. For SeaMonkey 2.0.4, this PDF file opens within my browser using the Adobe Reader plugin nppdf32.dll. Besides the JavaScript situation, other causes of this opening in Adobe Reader itself are: * You are missing the plugin. On the SeaMonkey menu bar, select [Help About Plugins]. On the resulting page, check to make sure that you see nppdf32.dll. * The PDF file is being incorrectly served by the Web server. It should be served as application/pdf. In my setup, a PDF file served as application/x-pdf will instead open in Adobe Reader itself; I'm not sure of why there is a distinction. You can see how a link is served if you have the LiveHTTPHeaders extension installed in SeaMonkey. * Your setup requests PDF files to be opened in Adobe Reader itself. To see what your setup is for this, select [Edit Preferences] on the SeaMonkey menu bar. On the left side of the Preferences window, under Category, select [Browser Helper Applications]. The Helper Applications pane may show several entries for Adobe; to see the differences in these entries, either stretch the window horizontally or place your cursor over an entry to get a tooltip. In my setup, there are six entries: four of them result in opening the file within SeaMonkey, one results in opening the file in Adobe Reader itself, and one asks the user how the file is to be handled. Three depend on the file-type indicated by the file extension, and three depend on how the file is served. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ Go to Mozdev at http://www.mozdev.org/ for quick access to extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other Mozilla-related applications. You can access Mozdev much more quickly than you can Mozilla Add-Ons. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/6/10 2:40 AM, Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? It's not the launching of the PDF reader that throws up the blank page. It's the JavaScript that thinks the PDF file will be viewed in a browser window. However, the PDF file is served by a MIME type that instead requires a separate PDF reader. As I said before, it's the result of a poorly designed Web page. Okay, then give me a link to a site with downloadable PDF-files where this don't happen. Sure there must be at least one you have found, and even that would be one more than I know about. I have also still to find a PDF file that *requires* a separate PDF reader. Only in IE (v.8) I have no clue how to prevent PDF's from opening within the browser window, but since I don't use IE I don't care. ;) I believe it is the code within SM that cause this, not the site. When SM can't decide if the pref settings are set to open within the SM tab/page or within the stand alone PDF reader. How about trying the Family Tree files I have on my website. I use PDF's extensively I just link to to them I have the files loaded on my website. they will either open with a PDFViewer such as adobe's for Safari. Or in a PDF Browser Plugin from Schubert for anything else except for a PDF viewer such as Acrobat Reader, or equivalent. I don't use java or javascript. http://www.phillipmjones.net -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.If it's Fixed, Don't Break it http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org mailto:pjon...@kimbanet.com ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Phillip Jones wrote: Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/6/10 2:40 AM, Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? It's not the launching of the PDF reader that throws up the blank page. It's the JavaScript that thinks the PDF file will be viewed in a browser window. However, the PDF file is served by a MIME type that instead requires a separate PDF reader. As I said before, it's the result of a poorly designed Web page. Okay, then give me a link to a site with downloadable PDF-files where this don't happen. Sure there must be at least one you have found, and even that would be one more than I know about. I have also still to find a PDF file that *requires* a separate PDF reader. Only in IE (v.8) I have no clue how to prevent PDF's from opening within the browser window, but since I don't use IE I don't care. ;) I believe it is the code within SM that cause this, not the site. When SM can't decide if the pref settings are set to open within the SM tab/page or within the stand alone PDF reader. How about trying the Family Tree files I have on my website. I use PDF's extensively I just link to to them I have the files loaded on my website. they will either open with a PDFViewer such as adobe's for Safari. Or in a PDF Browser Plugin from Schubert for anything else except for a PDF viewer such as Acrobat Reader, or equivalent. I don't use java or javascript. http://www.phillipmjones.net Both the Ross and Jones PDF files open on my SM 2.0.4 _without_ triggering the superfluous blank window. -JW ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
J. Weaver Jr.: Both the Ross and Jones PDF files open on my SM 2.0.4 _without_ triggering the superfluous blank window. -JW Some more examples: http://www.triffids.de/pub/spiele/bard/bard3/maps/ Hartmut ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Hartmut Figge wrote: J. Weaver Jr.: Both the Ross and Jones PDF files open on my SM 2.0.4 _without_ triggering the superfluous blank window. -JW Some more examples: http://www.triffids.de/pub/spiele/bard/bard3/maps/ Hartmut Using SM 2.0.4 and I have Foxit reader as default PDF reader--David's garden link opens in a new tab in my browser, both Phillips and Hartmut invoke the Foxit reader externally and leave a blank tab in the browser. -- You either teach people to treat you with dignity and respect, or you don't. This means you are partly responsible for the mistreatment that you get at the hands of someone else. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Phillip Jones wrote: Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/6/10 2:40 AM, Arne wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. In my opinion there is no need at all for SM to open a blank tab/page when it's the PDF reader that is launched, no matter how the web page is designed! Why not just open the PDF reader? It's not the launching of the PDF reader that throws up the blank page. It's the JavaScript that thinks the PDF file will be viewed in a browser window. However, the PDF file is served by a MIME type that instead requires a separate PDF reader. As I said before, it's the result of a poorly designed Web page. Okay, then give me a link to a site with downloadable PDF-files where this don't happen. Sure there must be at least one you have found, and even that would be one more than I know about. I have also still to find a PDF file that *requires* a separate PDF reader. Only in IE (v.8) I have no clue how to prevent PDF's from opening within the browser window, but since I don't use IE I don't care. ;) I believe it is the code within SM that cause this, not the site. When SM can't decide if the pref settings are set to open within the SM tab/page or within the stand alone PDF reader. How about trying the Family Tree files I have on my website. I use PDF's extensively I just link to to them I have the files loaded on my website. they will either open with a PDFViewer such as adobe's for Safari. Or in a PDF Browser Plugin from Schubert for anything else except for a PDF viewer such as Acrobat Reader, or equivalent. I don't use java or javascript. http://www.phillipmjones.net I messed this up: and correcting below: How about trying the Family Tree files I have on my website. I use PDF's extensively I just link to to them I have the files loaded on my website. they will either open with a PDFViewer such as adobe's for Safari. Or in a PDF Browser Plugin from Schubert for anything else except for *IE*. Or, a PDF viewer such as Acrobat Reader, or equivalent. -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.If it's Fixed, Don't Break it http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org mailto:pjon...@kimbanet.com ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
JAS wrote: Hartmut Figge wrote: J. Weaver Jr.: Both the Ross and Jones PDF files open on my SM 2.0.4 _without_ triggering the superfluous blank window. -JW Some more examples: http://www.triffids.de/pub/spiele/bard/bard3/maps/ Hartmut Using SM 2.0.4 and I have Foxit reader as default PDF reader--David's garden link opens in a new tab in my browser, both Phillips and Hartmut invoke the Foxit reader externally and leave a blank tab in the browser. How I have mine setup in my site I've uploaded the PDF's then when you click a Link the link goes to the pdf where ever its location might be. I guess that's an argument against the using Tabs. :-) Maybe something is set wrong in your Preference setting (Preference is term used in Macintosh. whatever your settings adjustment might be). http://www.phillipmjones.net/Tabssettings.png Now I have tabs turned off but the others settings should apply. -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.If it's Fixed, Don't Break it http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org mailto:pjon...@kimbanet.com ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? I use Foxit Reader (instead of Adobe), but I get the same thing: a blank page with the URL of the PDF file in the address field, and then the Reader with the actual PDF file. -JW ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: blank page when reading pdf file
On 4/5/10 9:14 AM, Walter wrote: I click on a pdf file and adobe reader loads it ok. directly behind it is a blank page. shouldn't it be the page from which I came? with the link to the pdf page? Walter. I get this sometimes when the link is actually for JavaScript. The script tries to launch a new page (which in my case becomes a new tab) as it fetches the PDF file. It seems that the script actually downloads another script (new page) that, in turn, gets the PDF file. Obviously, if this is what is happening, it's a poorly designed Web site. The Web site for Vanguard Mutual Funds often exhibits this problem. I can tell as I navigate through that site that there are indeed scripts that cause other scripts to be downloaded when links are requested rather than when the page containing the script is downloaded. There are also scripts on that site that wait until the entire page has downloaded and then request additional scripts, freezing the page while the newer downloads occur. Of course, this is most visible with a dial-up connection; but even with broadband, there is a momentary freeze while the new scripts execute. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ Go to Mozdev at http://www.mozdev.org/ for quick access to extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other Mozilla-related applications. You can access Mozdev much more quickly than you can Mozilla Add-Ons. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
