Group Files Not Opening Normally

[Dave Sergeant]

(Cath forgot to send her message to the list, copied below)

What I am saying is that the new browser prompt to open/save is a 
Yahoogroups change - due to them changing the server HTTP header. But 
the options of what to do then with the file, and the options that are 
given you in the popup, vary from browser to browser and are side 
issues. I don't have Chrome here but it does seem it has even less 
options than IE. Then the way Notepad or whatever text editor you are 
using displays it compared with how it displayed in the browser depend 
also on how you have configured your text editor, an individual 
computer issue.

The original change by Yahoogroups to the server headers has indeed 
been done for security reasons and their statements are correct. What 
they are not acknowledging are the number of side effects being 
discussed here. It also depends on how groups use the file area - in 
our case they are entirely used as a store of files for download anyway 
(apart from the default files sent to new users, which members 
themselves don't look at) and they are not intended to be opened in the 
browser. Others clearly use them for other purposes, and in particular 
as a store of images etc used by other pages of their sites. Hopefully 
they will recognise these side issues in due course.

Dave

On 19 Feb 2013 at 13:55, CathW wrote:

> 
> So you're saying it's more a browser issue than a Yahoo issue? In which
> case, the official Yahoo answer we were directed to isn't correct?
> 
> I've just tried IE and with that I am given an option, whereas with
> Chrome I'm not given any option at all. 
> 
> I'm still confused about what the Yahoo official said, though.
> 
> Thanks for all your help, folks - VERY much appreciated.
> 
> Cath
> 


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