On 2/18/11 2:09 AM, Daniel wrote:
> Not@home wrote:
>>
>>
>> cyberzen wrote:
>>> Ray_Net a écrit :
>>>> cyberzen wrote:
>>>>> Ray_Net a écrit :
>>>>>> Not@home wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Phillip Jones wrote:
>>>>>>>> David E. Ross wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2/16/11 7:36 AM, Not@home wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I have Vista and Seamonkey 2.0.11. My wife has the
>>>>>>>>>> same software on her pc.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I try to read the Madrid attractions section (a
>>>>>>>>>> PDF file) at http://www.maribelsguides.com/ it loads
>>>>>>>>>> only about half of the file, then stops.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My wife's computer loads the whole file using
>>>>>>>>>> Seamonkey, and my computer loads the whole file using
>>>>>>>>>> IE.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This makes me think the problem is not with adobe,
>>>>>>>>>> but with the configuration of either Vista or
>>>>>>>>>> Seamonkey on my computer, but I have been all through
>>>>>>>>>> the preferences section and can find nothing that to
>>>>>>>>>> me sets a limit on the size of files I can open.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Any suggestions on where I should look? I already
>>>>>>>>>> tried swapping computers with my wife, but she caught
>>>>>>>>>> me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I see a problem with the hotel guide at
>>>>>>>>> <http://maribelsguides.com/mg_madridhotels.pdf>. After
>>>>>>>>> downloading about half the PDF file, further
>>>>>>>>> downloading occurs only as I scroll down in the file.
>>>>>>>>> The complete file downloaded only when I tried to view
>>>>>>>>> the last page.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I saw a similar problem with a dial-up connection at
>>>>>>>>> Vanguard mutual funds. I wanted a form for converting
>>>>>>>>> part of an IRA to a Roth IRA. The PDF file was less
>>>>>>>>> than 500 KB but would stop at slightly over 200 KB.
>>>>>>>>> Nothing I did would result in the remaining file
>>>>>>>>> downloading. What was especially frustrating was that
>>>>>>>>> the form was only 8 pages out of 36 in the file -- 8
>>>>>>>>> pages near the beginning of the file -- but the
>>>>>>>>> partially downloaded file could not be opened; the
>>>>>>>>> entire file had to download before I could open it.
>>>>>>>>> With a broadband connection, the problem went away.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I suspect this is a server problem. The server might
>>>>>>>>> time-out without having sent all packets.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Had no problem loading the Link (use PDF Browser Plugin
>>>>>>>> by Schubert) Do have a 1mb synchronous DSL Line.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have cable. It downloads completely using IE on my
>>>>>>> computer, or Seamonkey on my wife's, but with Seamonkey on
>>>>>>> mine it consistently stops after downloading 818.51 KB of
>>>>>>> 1.57 MB.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is the PDF file opening with the same method between your
>>>>>> wife's pc and yours ? I think about this: On one pc the pdf
>>>>>> file is opened inside the SM screen. On the other pc, the pdf
>>>>>> file is opened inside Acrobat Reader started by SM. The way
>>>>>> of managing a pdf like this 2 possibilities is an option
>>>>>> inside Acrobat Reader.
>>>>>
>>>>> I make SM to open pdf outside by acrobat and no problem
>>>>>
>>>> Did you say that now your problem is solved ?
>>>
>>> no, that was not me. I suppose pdf take the same amount of cache
>>> regardless they are viewed in a window of SM or not
>>>
>> I cleared the cache (under preferences, advanced, cache) and barred
>> that site from setting cookies, but the problem remains.
>>
>> On my wife's computer, which works, the site opens as if it was
>> another copy of seamonkey showing the pdf. I.e., at the top of the
>> screen is a tab for seamonkey, and a tab for the pdf.
>>
>> On my computer, the pdf opens as if I had gone to another site. I.e.,
>>  the pdf is the only open screen and to get back to seamonkey I just
>> use the back key.
> 
> Can you compare the settings for Edit->Preferences->Browser->Tabbed 
> Browsing.
> 
> Are your settings for Link Behavior the same as your wife's??
> 
> Daniel

As reported yesterday by the original poster in this thread, the problem
was a setting in Adobe Reader, not in SeaMonkey.

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