This bug is rather old by now, is it still relevant? Unfortunately, Internet Explorer 5.5 is still used by a notable amount (~3%) of users, some of which may be badly maintained internet cafes, so it may still be relevant. Seemingly the many unpatched flaws in IE v5.x and 6.x have still not convinced people to upgrade their systems.
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp http://www.webreference.com/stats/browser.html http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2006/April/browser.php http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=6 There is a known bug with IE 5.5 (and I believe in 6.x, too), where, when files are supposed to be downloaded, the mime type is overriden but determined from the file extension in the URL (i.e. IE expects that the URL ends in .something). A simple fix to this is to append a fake URL parameter to each URL which triggers a download. For example, instead of http://myhost/my/path/download?file=23 make the application redirect the web browser to http://myhost/my/path/download?file=23&iefix=.pdf if a PDF document is supposed to be downloaded. In his last comment, Wesley Darlington reports that the problem has been partially fixed. Can you tell which part is fixed and which remains to be fixed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
