Re: [TSVN] OT: Firefox downloads don't (was "Download" link leadsto infinite redirect)

Robin Pellatt wrote:
> Simon Large wrote:
>> Open this page in Firefox:
>> <http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=2890>
>>
>> Right click on the AT89C5132 preliminary datasheet (pdf) link and try
>> to Save Link As ...
>>
>> On my PC after confirming filename, the download manager sits forever
>> saying 'starting'. Left click works fine. It seems that some files can
>> be downloaded with a right click and others can't. This one seems to
>> stick. Works fine in IE, annoyingly.
>
> Works fine for me, with Firefox 1.0.4 on WinXP, even though the Atmel
> website seems to be suffering a bit, possibly having been slashdotted by
> hundreds of TSVN users downloading a 1MB PDF ;-)

Sorry about that, bad choice of file. The next file in the list is only
a few kb and suffers the same problem. Fortunately (for Atmel) I don't
think we have the same impact as slashdot.

Just tried the LGet and pdf-download extensions, neither of which
improve things. Thanks anyway to all who replied.

Simon

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