Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-23 Thread John Richard Smith
Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt Have you tried d4x downloader. John

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-23 Thread Stormjumper
- Original Message - From: Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 02:06 Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading files On Monday 22 September 2003 12:56 pm, Stormjumper wrote: |have you tried right clicking the link and doing a save

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt Have

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Monday 22 September 2003 08:22 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: |On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: | I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to | d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does | and it begins filling with code. | What

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread rluchor
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt Try

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Monday 22 September 2003 08:47 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: | I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to | d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does | and it begins filling with code. | What

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Stormjumper
- Original Message - From: Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 22 September 2003 08:22 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: |On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: | I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to | d/l, the browsers download dialog box

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Monday 22 September 2003 12:56 pm, Stormjumper wrote: |have you tried right clicking the link and doing a save as? |or you can tell us the address of the page so that others can try. | |regards, Jim Thanks for the reply Jim. Yes, tried that and it only saved the link as:

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 22, 2003 12:06 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote: [...] Thanks for the reply Jim. Yes, tried that and it only saved the link as: download_component.jhtml;$sessionid$QNUI42FTYJBQPTN241GRCZI I went back later and tried again for the 4th or 5th

Re: [newbie] Downloading Files

1999-07-22 Thread Robert Sheskin
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:02:43 -0500, "Andrew R. Etzler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in Netscape 4.6. Previously this has not been a problem. Just in the last day, instead of asking where it should save the file to, it simply downloads the file into the

Re: [newbie] Downloading Files

1999-07-22 Thread Wilhelm Bertalan
"Andrew R. Etzler" wrote: I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in Netscape 4.6. Previously this has not been a problem. Just in the last day, instead of asking where it should save the file to, it simply downloads the file into the browser, giving me all sorts of gibberish. Has

Re: [newbie] Downloading Files

1999-07-22 Thread Ty Mixon
I had this problem a couple of times. The easy solution is to right click on the link and choose 'save as . . .' Ty Original Message On 7/22/99, 7:02:43 AM, "Andrew R. Etzler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Downloading Files: I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in

Re: [newbie] Downloading Files

1999-07-22 Thread Matt Stegman
This is a fault of Netscape. It foten thinks that binary files are actually text files, and so loads the binary file into the browser, giving you plenty of gibberish. It has something to do with file extensions and MIME types on the server, and I'm not sure if you can configure Netscape to

RE: [newbie] Downloading Files

1999-07-22 Thread Ken Wilson
Use Save Link As under File on the menu bar -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew R. Etzler Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 7:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Downloading Files I've been trying to download the KxICQ

Re: [newbie] Downloading Files

1999-07-22 Thread Jackal
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well Netscape has to get the blame partially but a big part of the blame has also to go to the guys administering the webserver as well. There is a file called mime.types (it is there in linux systems as well probably under the conf dir in httpd).