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From: Woody on 20 Jan 2010 13:52 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > [snip] > > > > If you did use safari you can look in the 'Activity' window, and you > > > > will see the swf file in the file list. If you double click that file it > > > > will actually download it to your normal download folder. > > > > > > No it didn't. > > > > > > It opened: > > > > > > <http://www.dailyfashiongames.com/media/0709/59298608.swf> > > > > > > and I couldn't find the swf file on disc anywhere. > > > > Oh ok. Mine downloads it to the downloads folder. > > Safari 4.0.4, MacOS X 10.6.2 and it doesn't. OK, I just tried, no, it doesn't appear to. That is how I use it with youtube videos - I assume it would work the same. > > > btw, I grabbed the swf file in question (using Deep Vacuum) but for some > > > reason none of my Web browsers will open it, although Safari did happily > > > open the swf as mentioned above. > > > > > > Can you explain what that's all about? > > > > Nope - its something to do with mime types, but I don't know what, and > > given that it works the dragging way, > > No it doesn't. > > > there is a workaround. > > What is this workaround? Well, can use some download thing, such as wget, curl or your tools. > > > > Note it does download it again, rather than link to a local copy. > > > > > > What I got was a new window with the game only opened inside it. I > > > could see no copy of the swf file anywhere. I searched for the > > > identified file by name, looking at invisible and visible files and > > > *NOT* using Spotlight (may it be forever damned). > > > > > > Nuffin' > > > > Odd. > > I think it's odd that you should get a file downloaded using the method > you describe - there's nothing I can see in the UI that'd imply you'd > get a download from double-clicking an item it in. > > Actually, there's nothing in the UI to imply that that window is > anything other than an information display. No there isn't. It looks like what it says it is, an activity window, but it does open the files if you double click them. If it doesn't recognise the type it downloads it. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Duncan Kennedy on 20 Jan 2010 15:06 In message <1jcmrzk.1it1xinlfoh2pN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes >Well, can use some download thing, such as wget, curl or your tools. > I hate to say this in this group but I went to the URL in Win XP / Firefox - the URL showing in the address bar was the sfw file. I clicked on File > save as - and the swf file 59298608.swf appeared on my desktop. -- Duncan K Downtown Dalgety Bay
From: Woody on 20 Jan 2010 16:49 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospam.otterson-bg.couk> wrote: > In message <1jcmrzk.1it1xinlfoh2pN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>, Woody > <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes > >Well, can use some download thing, such as wget, curl or your tools. > > > > I hate to say this in this group but I went to the URL in Win XP / > Firefox - the URL showing in the address bar was the sfw file. I > clicked on File > save as - and the swf file 59298608.swf appeared on my > desktop. Same happens in firefox on the mac (or anywhere else), assuming you mean the URL from the source, not the original URL? -- Woody Alienrat Design Ltd
From: Pd on 20 Jan 2010 16:52 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospam.otterson-bg.couk> wrote: > In message <1jcmrzk.1it1xinlfoh2pN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>, Woody > <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes > >Well, can use some download thing, such as wget, curl or your tools. > > > > I hate to say this in this group but I went to the URL in Win XP / > Firefox - the URL showing in the address bar was the sfw file. I > clicked on File > save as - and the swf file 59298608.swf appeared on my > desktop. Same here, Firefox 3.53 on OSX 10.5.8, and left me with a swf that would play in Safari. -- Pd
From: Rowland McDonnell on 21 Jan 2010 00:04
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > If you did use safari you can look in the 'Activity' window, and > > > > > you will see the swf file in the file list. If you double click > > > > > that file it > > > > > will actually download it to your normal download folder. > > > > > > > > No it didn't. > > > > > > > > It opened: > > > > > > > > <http://www.dailyfashiongames.com/media/0709/59298608.swf> > > > > > > > > and I couldn't find the swf file on disc anywhere. > > > > > > Oh ok. Mine downloads it to the downloads folder. > > > > Safari 4.0.4, MacOS X 10.6.2 and it doesn't. > > OK, I just tried, no, it doesn't appear to. That is how I use it with > youtube videos - I assume it would work the same. Coo. Didn't know you could do that. > > > > btw, I grabbed the swf file in question (using Deep Vacuum) but for some > > > > reason none of my Web browsers will open it, although Safari did happily > > > > open the swf as mentioned above. > > > > > > > > Can you explain what that's all about? > > > > > > Nope - its something to do with mime types, but I don't know what, and > > > given that it works the dragging way, > > > > No it doesn't. > > > > > there is a workaround. > > > > What is this workaround? > > Well, can use some download thing, such as wget, curl or your tools. Not so much a workaround as the way one would assume had to be used. > > > > > Note it does download it again, rather than link to a local copy. > > > > > > > > What I got was a new window with the game only opened inside it. I > > > > could see no copy of the swf file anywhere. I searched for the > > > > identified file by name, looking at invisible and visible files and > > > > *NOT* using Spotlight (may it be forever damned). > > > > > > > > Nuffin' > > > > > > Odd. > > > > I think it's odd that you should get a file downloaded using the method > > you describe - there's nothing I can see in the UI that'd imply you'd > > get a download from double-clicking an item it in. > > > > Actually, there's nothing in the UI to imply that that window is > > anything other than an information display. > > No there isn't. It looks like what it says it is, an activity window, Eh? No, that phrase does not describe this particular UI element in a unique and ideally descriptive way. > but it does open the files if you double click them. Which is faintly odd behaviour to my mind - what's going on with that? >If it doesn't > recognise the type it downloads it. So `it' - what's `it'? - doesn't recognize YouTube vids? Huh? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |