Hi Esther, Thanks for the links and the clarification. I was able to download and install the Adobe program. Now I need to but only figure out how to use it to read an ebook. <smiley> I know this was brought up on the list, but is there a way for one to check to see if indeed a file or program is being downloaded?
Lots to learn, Johnny On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:58 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Johnny, > > Here's another form of the link that Anne gave to the Adobe Digital Editions > 1.8 Preview: > <http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/digitaleditions1-8/digitaleditions1-8_p1_mac_071811.zip> > > If you have difficulty with that download, you can go to the parent web page, > which hosts versions for both Mac and Windows: > <http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/digitaleditions1-8.html> > > I usually give the full URL name instead of a shortened link, because the > format Anne uses doesn't always work if messages are forwarded or if someone > is trying to access the link from the Mail Archive site for this list. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > Johnny Angel! <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi again Anne, >> >> So either you also work 3rd shift, or you live on the other side of the >> planet, or you are up with a little one. At any rate, thanks for clearing >> me up on this. I'll take a closer look at the filename to see if there is >> anything about it that would indicate that it is a download filetype. >> >> Johnny >> On Sep 15, 2011, at 3:23 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >>> Hello Johnny, >>> >>> That link causes the app to download. Look in your Downloads folder and you >>> should find it there. The name starts with Digital Editions. >>> >>> I just clicked the link myself from this message and it works. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 15 Sep 2011, at 09:05, Johnny Angel! wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Anne, >>>> >>>> The bad part about working 3rd is that most everyone else is sleeping and >>>> you know your questions won't be answered untill you are home and you are >>>> sleeping. <smiley> Anyway, and this seems to happen to me rather often, >>>> when I click on a link in an email such as the one in your message below, >>>> I am brought to a tweeter page of a sort. Looking around on the page >>>> renders no evidence of an adobe download link anywhere. Any ideas? >>>> >>>> Johnny. >>> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Johnny Angel! [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
