On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:01 AM, David Legg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Reinier, > >> This "default behavior" is different for everybody and is part of the >> configuration of the browser/OS. >> I wouldn't want a website to be able to mess with/ignore my settings. >> And what if the user wants to open the document before/without saving it? >> Going straight to a "save" prompt doesn't allow this. > > I'm not sure about the latest version of IE but in the past the problem was > that users didn't get the choice over whether to open or save the file... IE > just went straight ahead and opened files it 'knew' about.
The latest version of IE gives you the option to open or save the file, but you'll be forced to open in your "default" application. In Firefox you'll also be offered the option to choose which application you want to use. ******************************************** Hippocms-dev: Hippo CMS development public mailinglist Searchable archives can be found at: MarkMail: http://hippocms-dev.markmail.org Nabble: http://www.nabble.com/Hippo-CMS-f26633.html
