From: Roland Roberts (roland_at_astrofoto.org)
Date: Wed Jan 04 2006 - 11:56:15 PST
>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Hill <adhill_at_nerdshack.com> writes:
Andy> I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser and have trouble when
Andy> attempting to download packages onto my PC.
Andy> When I click on a package, the Save As dialogue box no longer
Andy> appears, instead the file is translated into a jumble of text
Andy> inside the browser window itself? I have looked through the
Andy> options to try and adjust this but to no avail.
Did you look in Edit->Preferences, select Download and see if ".pkg" is
listed?
Additionally, I've found that *some* sites set the wrong mime-type on
.pkg files which causes the browser to try to load them as text :-( If
the server sends the wrong mime-type, the only thing you can do is
remember to right-click on the link instead of (normal) left-click.
roland
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