Re: Downloading pdf files and Adobe Reader
DoctorBill wrote: >[...]led me to right click and "Save Target as..."[...] >At least now I can bypass SM having to load >Adobe Reader up to see the file. In addition, double-clicking the downloaded file doesn't add the bulk of the browser's frame to the PDF viewer's frame, taking up yet more of your screen space. The *waiting for a pageload to complete* thing is also less of a pain with more modern browsers based on WebKit or--$DIETY forbid--Trident (IE8) which are multi-process engines in contrast to Gecko's dated multi-thread architecture. ...and yeah, for dialup users it's important to learn all the little tricks. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloading pdf files and Adobe Reader
Mark Hansen wrote: On 04/18/09 06:59, DoctorBill wrote: I've been downloading some pdf files on Reloading from Dillon Precision. http://www.dillonprecision.com/ They set it up as a page by page thing and the pages are about 2.5 MB each as pdf. The process is slower than getting a kid to eat Broccoli ! I cannot tell how much progress is being made until the page is finished loading and then Adobe Reader starts working... Questions: Is there a way to speed this up (w/o going to DSL - I'm on dial-up) ? Is there an Adobe Reader plug-in that would speed up things? Is there a way to see what % the process is at - like when the Download Manager shows % loaded ? BTW - the process is not thru the Download Manager... I thank all of you for your assistance. DoctorBill over the Hill The only thing I can think of is to download the PDF first, then view it on your local machine. You can download by using Shift+click on the PDF link rather than just clicking on it. This will open the Save As dialog. When you save the file to your local machine, it will show you progress. The downside is that you have to save to your local disk, but at least you get the progress of the download. That didn't work..but it led me to right click and "Save Target as..." which in my feeble old brain, I keep forgetting about. THAT goes to the Download Manager. At least now I can bypass SM having to load Adobe Reader up to see the file. I can do that later when I am done. Thanks for the advice. DoctorBill ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Downloading pdf files and Adobe Reader
On 04/18/09 06:59, DoctorBill wrote: > I've been downloading some pdf files on Reloading from Dillon Precision. > > http://www.dillonprecision.com/ > > They set it up as a page by page thing and the pages are about 2.5 MB > each as pdf. > > The process is slower than getting a kid to eat Broccoli ! > > I cannot tell how much progress is being made until the page is finished > loading and then Adobe Reader starts working... > > Questions: > > Is there a way to speed this up (w/o going to DSL - I'm on dial-up) ? > > Is there an Adobe Reader plug-in that would speed up things? > > Is there a way to see what % the process is at - like when the Download > Manager shows % loaded ? > > BTW - the process is not thru the Download Manager... > > I thank all of you for your assistance. > > DoctorBill over the Hill The only thing I can think of is to download the PDF first, then view it on your local machine. You can download by using Shift+click on the PDF link rather than just clicking on it. This will open the Save As dialog. When you save the file to your local machine, it will show you progress. The downside is that you have to save to your local disk, but at least you get the progress of the download. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
