[thelist] Stop Word, Excel, PDF loading into browser

At 23:25 20/12/99 +0000, you wrote:

>Isn't that one of those "just live with it" sort of things? I wouldn't want
>to click a link and have an unknown file saved to my hard drive, especially
>without the ability to choose its location. That would seem like an easily
>abused security hole. Most users don't mind the Save dialog boxes...just one
>of those necessary steps. So is your client dead set on one-click
>functionality?

Perhaps I wasn't clear in my post, the Save dialog is exactly what I want!

I want the Save dialog to pop up when the person left-clicks on the link 
(like any normal link to a binary file, like .zip).

With .doc and .xls and .pdf you have to right-click and select "save target 
as".

Oliver.

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