[plug] Downloading files in Netscape Navigator

Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima tony at cantech.net.au
Tue Dec 8 09:34:18 WST 1998


On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Colin Rothnie wrote:

> After finding Navigator 4.06 for Linux on the December APC CD-ROM last 
> night, I tried loading it. It seems much faster than the Netscape version 
> that came with Redhat 5.1.  However, I can't seem to make it download files 
> rather than reading them.  This was a trifle irritating, as it kept 
> displaying the RPM file I wanted, rather than downloading it.
> 
> I have found the menu item listing applications and MIME types, and it even 
> lists RedHat packages (extensions rpm,RPM) which have default action set to 
> "save to file".
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this problem and know a solution?

This may see a little obvious but, ... have you tried holding down the "shift"
key when you click on the link ???

Yours Tony.



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