DMG compatibilty with browsers

Frank D. Engel, Jr. fde101 at fjrhome.net
Thu Dec 2 15:06:33 EST 2004


Ditto as to Safari, though I avoid IE (no comment here).

FireFox pops up a box asking you what to do, but the only available 
option is "Save to Disk", which results in the file being saved, but 
not mounted.

On Dec 2, 2004, at 3:01 PM, RGould8 at aol.com wrote:

> Can anyone tell me, from a Mac perspective, what various browsers to by
> default when one clicks on a hyperlink on a web-page that is a .DMG 
> file?
>
> I'm finding that on my Mac, Safari downloads the .DMG and automatically
> mounts it.   IE just downloads it and does not auto-mount.   Curious 
> if that's the
> way it's working on your Macs as well.   Also curious what FireFox 
> does, and
> Opera, etc.
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
$



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