On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 04:22 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 17:15 +0000, Dan Track wrote: > > I'm trying to post a message to this site > > > > http://www.la-samhna.de/forum/cgi-bin/wolfbbs_index.cgi > > > > However, if I try and post I keep getting a Save Dialogue popping up. > > It basically means I can't use this website with FC6. If I download > > opera and run it with this website, the same thing happens, a save > > dialogue pops up. Its as though FC6 is trying to be clever and > > intercept the call to a cgi script. How can I fix this please? > > Sounds more like a stupidity with the webserver, that returns results > without a proper MIME type (e.g. such as text/html), so the web browser > is properly trying to save it rather than show it. > It may also be a Java Script or Flash. I suggest you install the "NoScript" and "Download Embeded" extensions for FireFox. > It's a common enough problem. But since to test that theory, I'd have > to make a post to a website I have nothing to do with, I can't test it. > The site works, well enough, as far as reading content on it goes. > > If the site is maintained by MSIE users, they mayn't notice this, as > that client is well-known for breaking the HTTP rules, and playing > guessing games about what to do with the data it receives. And while > that might seem convenient, it isn't. It leads to exploits within that > browser, and websites that don't work on browsers that work properly. > > -- > (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists.
