-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:50:56 -0400 "H.S." <hs.sa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > I have run into this problem several times lately. I am running > > Debian testing. Several web sites I have been on including the > > Quebec governments revenue quebec site insist I need Adobe > > acrobat pdf reader and won't display messages. > > > > Is there a way to satisfy the website that Evince handles pdf > > files as well as Adobe ? > > I understood that websites mention a requirement to read a PDF > file, but they were happy to let the user download it anyway or > choose any program to view it. For example, in my Debian Testing > sytem, I do not have the acrobad plugin (that automatically opens a > PDF file within the browser) installed and the browser presents a > dialog box asking me what to do with the PDF file. I save it or > just open it with any application (kpdf, evince, acroread). I have > never had a problem in this. > > Could you give the URL of the website you are trying? > The site I was on this morning where it happened was a password protected site...so no I can't. However it has happened to m e several times on other sites...none of which I can recall at the moment..sorry. Normally it works like you have already described...but every once in a while ( MS-oriented sites) the site refuses to allow you to open the file unless you have Acrobat installed. I was wondering what it is they look for. - -- Frank <fmccorm...@videotron.ca> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknwhOMACgkQIyN89Z1rCtGwlgCfUhRIJPa+9FruX6KSrcTng/3f laEAoLyym+iFwEqT1FNkZ7A41WtPb+1o =Z9yZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
