On Aug 24, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > On Aug 24, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > >> Rory O'Farrell wrote: >>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:17:57 +0100 >>> Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:12:58 +0200 >>>> Joost Andrae <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I just checked the Writer2Epub v1.1.7 extension on the extension site. >>>>> The extension downloads correctly with oxt file extension. >>>>> >>>>> It is correct that from technical view an oxt file is a zip archive >>>>> containing all content needed to install as an extension into Apache >>>>> OpenOffice. >>>>> >>>>> Am 24.08.2012 15:00, schrieb Rory O'Farrell: >>>>>> On the en-Forum I have seen a number of reports of downloading problems. >>>>>> Today there was this report >>>>>> " I tried to download and install the ePub 1.1.17 extension. A zip file >>>>>> filled with various folders containing all kinds of files is downloaded. >>>>>> Nothing that looks like an installer. How do I install this extension? >>>>>> When a program is offered to me in the shape of a zip file full of >>>>>> different files, I never know what to do with it, to be honest." >>>>>> >>>>>> I suggested this might be a browser problem, as some browsers >>>>>> (definitely IE in some versions, there may be others) rename the >>>>>> OpenOffice extensions silently to type .zip. >>>>>> >>>>>> The user renamed the .zip to .oxt and it installed correctly. He then >>>>>> send me the following additional comment >>>>>> "Thanks! I download the Dutch Spelling Checker and it also arrived in >>>>>> the shape of a zip file. Now I've renamed them both and they both >>>>>> snapped into being .oxt files. Perhaps this trick should be mentioned on >>>>>> the Extensions "Introductory Page"? It must be a problem for many users." >>>>>> >>>>>> I have asked what browser he is using and will post that detail when >>>>>> available. But in the meantime I think his suggestion of a mention of >>>>>> this problem on the Extensions page is valid and worthwhile. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, Joost >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I am certain the download page is correct as to the extension. The change >>>> to zip seems to depend on the browser in use. I know that some earlier >>>> version of IE did this, without notification. When I get further >>>> information I'll post it to this thread. Most of the active members of >>>> this list will use a browser of choice rather than a default browser, and >>>> will also update it, so won't be aware of this problem with some older >>>> browser. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> >>>> >>> >>> I understand that this problem comes from IE8. >>> >>> >> I just tried using ie8 to download Writer2epub along with a random sample of >> other extensions. I can confirm that it does indeed change the extension to >> zip. I second Rory's suggestion that a notice be put on the page to that >> effect along with instructions to rename it to .oxt after download. > > Has anyone inspected the MIME Type returned? If it is not a proper one for > OXT then it is possible that IE8 is doing detection of the type.
I did the following: $ curl http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14712909/macro/w2e/writer2epub.oxt -D header > writer2epub.oxt Here is the header: $ more header HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx/1.0.14 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:15:24 GMT Content-Type: application/octet-stream Connection: keep-alive content-length: 1372152 x-robots-tag: noindex,nofollow accept-ranges: bytes etag: 4363n pragma: public cache-control: max-age=0 So, IE8 for these users is set to ignore the file extensions and guess the file type for the general type: application/octet-stream Regards, Dave > > Regards, > Dave > > >> >> Regards >> Keith >> >
