Just my experience. An image that has the attributes set such that it's seen as "application/octet-stream" will save just fine in Mozilla based browsers. MicroSloth's browser will, however, display the image.
Don't know why. Just know that it *is*. Jim Scott Holder wrote: > At 09:04 PM 1/4/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >>Micro$oft Exploder will display it. Mozilla based browsers won't. > > > Why not? I've never had any problem with properly configured web servers. > > Octet-stream is more a transfer encoding than anything else. You'd > generally download programs to disk with it more than web pages. > > If you're getting it when you expect a web page, the web server in question > probably has screwed up mime types. Mozilla actually expects a > standards-compliant web server, which not all are. > > If you're trying to download a file, there should be an option to save to > disk. From there you can open it with Stuffit or whatever else you'd > usually use. Do note that unencoded Mac files tend to lose their filetypes > when on the net. > > Scott Holder > > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
