Re: [WinMac] Binary downloads

thorstadj(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:51:46 -0700

>>I cannot get Netscape Navigator 4.07 to properly address any program to
>>automatically open these files after downloading.
>>
> That's strange since Netscape 4.0 and later ships with StuffIt Expander
>and is pre-configured to do the right thing with MacBinary files (ie. pass
>them off to Expander). Why not simply reset your defaults?

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. In trying to download the
latest version of Expander from Aladdin's site, I was able to easily
download from home, but not from work. Both computers at work (1 Mac,
1PC) prompt me to save. My Mac at home started right up claiming to use
Expander to open. This drives me crazy.

Don't get me wrong, I can always download and decode later. But the link
to Expander for all other compression/coding types will automatically
work every time. Binary seems to not work over half the time on all my
computers.

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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