Problems with standalones mac/windows

[Thomas J McGrath III]

It is much simpler of a problem to fix.

Just have the user hold the control key and choose 'download link to 
disk' in OSX.  I think you can hold the option/alt key down while 
clicking with the mouse and go right to the download.

The other simple solution is to convert the file from a .rev file which 
acts more like a text file(which loads in a browser window), to a .sit 
or .hqx etc. file which will then 'auto' download when clicked because 
that is browser expected behavior for those formats.

On Jan 15, 2004, at 9:21 PM, Alex Rice wrote:

>
> On Jan 15, 2004, at 6:19 PM, Andrew wrote:
>
>>
>> The two mac standalones simply don't download.  It just shows all the 
>> code in the browser window.
>
> This is a web server configuration issue and actually has nothing to 
> do with Revolution vs. any other file on a web server.
>
> If the web server is apache, add lines like this to a .htaccess file
>
> AddType application/octet-stream dmg
> AddType application/octet-stream gz
> AddType application/octet-stream rev
>
> Or talk to your web hosting provider and tell them the extension of 
> the filename that is not downloading correctly.
>
> However, some web browsers may try to outguess the web server, which 
> is why it might work with some browser but not others.
>
> The correct solution is to change the web server config, not to force 
> users to jump through hoops to run a particular browser, or 
> Shift-click to download the file, etc.
>
> Alex Rice <alex at mindlube.com> | Mindlube Software | 
> <http://mindlube.com>
>
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