Travis Crump wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> WDA wrote: >> >>> If you go to the following page - >>> http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/surface.shtml#sfconus and download Plot >>> No. 1, under North America, you will find the file name on your hard >>> drive but with zero bytes - the file will be empty. I went over and >>> used IE to see if perhaps there was something wrong with the file >>> itself and it downloaded with no problems. Can someone check this >>> and confirm. >>> >>> I'm using Mozilla (windows XP) build ID: 2001112803. This is a >>> .tiff image. I use my computer extensively for meteorological >>> purposes and downloading files of this type is a norm for me. >> >> >> >> >> If I click on it, quicktime tries to load it and it breaks. If I >> shift-click on it I can save it to my hard drive and then view it >> fine. I'm using build 2001113003 under Win2k. >> > Their is a notice on their website "*NOTICE---* for error-free downloads > use the FTP Server <ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/fax>" which sort of implies > that their http downloads are error-filled and it is not Mozilla's > fault. If I go to the FTP Server it works(a randomly chosen tif loads > in Quicktime when I left click). Though if I locate the specific tif > link to for North America Plot 1(QYAA00.tif), it also opens broken just > like it does when clicking on the link on the main page. >
I appreciate your information and apologize for my oversight. -- Wayne Alligood/Amelia Island, Florida Compaq Computer running Windows XP "Words rightly spoken are like apples of gold in pictures of silver."
