Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

It looks like I was a bit quick to blame IE. It turns out it's 1 of the 
3 mirrors in the UK which is misbehaving. Doesn't affect other browsers, 
as they seem to just use the .msi extension from the download URI, 
whereas IE uses the Content-Type header returned by the server and 
changes the extension to match.

Mark.


Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> The problem with that is that Internet Explorer is usually completely
> fine with it.
>
> Most Windows users that i have met would be scared of trying anything
> that might be difficult to download with Internet Explorer.  To be
> fair most them wouldn't have a clue how to install anything anyway and
> would leave that to paid-for support or a family member or friend who
> thinks they know what they are doing but may be fairly clueless or
> biased themselves.
>
>
> I like the idea of having some way of dealing with Internet Explorer
> though.  It might be possible to write a script that runs after the
> download is complete and attempts to rename the .man to .msi.
>
> I'm not sure about the best way to handle it.  Obviously if the
> renaming script doesn't find a .man then it should just quit quietly.
> Another way might be to only run that script if the download page has
> already identified that Internet Explorer was used.  I think that
> either way the script could be quite tiny and fast.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
> On 29 January 2015 at 21:15,  <libreoffice-ml.mbourne@spamgourmet.com> wrote:
> > Microsoft do seem to make things difficult... First their web browser
> > changes the .msi extension to .man, which their operating system doesn't
> > understand, and then their file browser hides the extension making it
> > difficult to correct!
> >
> > That has come up on this list before, and your earlier comment "why can't
> > they save everyones time by saying at the outset that their software only
> > downloads via certain browsers" does seem sensible. I've submitted a bug
> > report suggesting that the downloads page should warn of the problems with
> > Internet Explorer, and how to work around them:
> >    https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88913
> >
> > Checking this out with Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Vista, I found that a
> > bar pops up at the bottom of Internet Explorer when downloading, from which
> > you can click an arrow next to "Save" and select "Save As". That has the
> > filename initially filled in as .man, but you can change it to .msi and it
> > will then save the download with the correct .msi extension. Does that still
> > work with newer versions of Internet Explorer? Of course, it does still
> > require the user to know that this needs to be done!
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> >
> >
> > Philip Jordan wrote:
> > > Brilliant - well your reply is Gordon
> > > - but as to W 8.1:
> > >     I'm bereft of suitable words!
> > >
> > > On 28 January 2015 at 16:40, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gordonbp55@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 28/01/15 15:43, Philip Jordan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > & though I'll do what you say, it must be emphasized that as far as I
> > > > > can
> > > > > tell
> > > > >
> > > > > more than once, I downloaded from the site you show on Sunday
> > > > > & I did this as the link from Computer active didn't work
> > > > > & too, I only went to Microsoft for an Icon as my laptop
> > > > > refused to install the software by which I mean let me use it
> > > > > & your website wasn't very clear on what to do in that regard
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway I now see you've sent another email,
> > > > > so I won't re-download till I've read that
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >    When I tried that, the IE downloader on Windows 8.1 changed the file
> > > >
> > > > extension to .man - which of course won't run.
> > > > You need to change the file extension back to .msi, and to do THAT, you
> > > > need to go into File explorer and turn ON the "show file extensions"
> > > > option, because for some reason that I cannot fathom, Windows has that
> > > > option turned OF by default.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck!
> >
> >
> >
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