[UK-CONTEST] Ofcom web site

[Clive Whelan]

Dave


The problem is that IE "grabs" the file to download it, and
then throws a security wobbly, thinking there is a pop-up
which it blocks, but invites you to view. Doing that simply
produces a blank page. I could see no way to get the file
otherwise, although as I said Firefox does not complain. I
did not articulate this, but it is well known to Ofcom that
IE will NOT download the  new licences.

It matters not when your licence expires ( mine is April),
you can proceed with the licence for life forthwith.


As I said, yet another reason not to use Microsoft software
if there is any alternative. If only there were a quality
contest logger, I'd be on Linux forthwith as virtually all
common apps. are covered and are free to boot! The new
paradigm for us seems to be " there are plenty of free
lunches" viz Logger32 is the best general logger, and N1MM
is the best contest logger, both by a margin.


73



Clive
GW3NJW

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Dave
Sergeant
Sent: 09 January 2007 12:18
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Ofcom web site


On 9 Jan 2007 at 11:10, Clive Whelan wrote:

> Hi List
>
>
> Despite Frank's help in negotiating the ghastly
> non-intuitive process, my processed licence for life was
> simply a blank document.
>
> You will probably not want to hear of the ensuing
rigmarole,
> but the bottom line is that neither Internet Explorer, nor
> BT-Yahoo browser ( possibly IE in a skin?) would process
the
> .pdf, despite eschewing the security precautions. However
> Mozilla Firefox downloaded the document without a hitch.
> Wouldn't it be nice if we could do without all Gates'
> garbage!
>

I am puzzled by that line 'would process the .pdf,'. Your
browser
does not have to 'process' it only download it. Maybe you
are trying
to use the Adobe plugin to open it in your browser window,
if so I
can imagine there are issues with IE7. I ALWAYS save PDF
files to my
hard disk and let my PDF reader (Foxit reader as I refuse to
have
Adobe's current bloat on my machine) open it at my
convenience.

But it seems there are all sorts of issues coming out of the
woodwork
with IE7. Glad to hear it works fine with Opera, the only
browser I
use these days. My license is not due for renewal till May
anyway.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com

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