UPDATE: Oddly enough, when I click the “Download Firefox” link on this page, I get a screen full of garbled characters, like Safari is trying to interpret the .dmg file as a text file, for some reason. An anti-Firefox conspiracy by Apple, perhaps? :) Anyone else having this problem with Safari?
Yes, same thing happened to me. Safari gave me garbled text. I also have AOL which uses Netscape, I think, as its browser. So I used the AOL bowser to download. I just retried the Firefox download again on Safari and the garbled text appeared again. I’m no computer geek but I know some files can show up as text even though they are meant for other media. Some audio files, for example, require a translating program, and if you don’t have it they appear as text when you open them.
The garbled text is back. I took a screenshot and added a link to it, and I removed “UPDATE 2,” which previously stated:
Aha, now it’s working! Either my browser recovered from its little hiccup, or else Mozilla fixed something on their end. Damn, now I wish I’d gotten a screenshot!
if you get that garbled text you can try control clicking (right clicking if you have a multi-button mouse) and choosing to download it, alternatively you can option-click on a link to download it rather than load the file
looking at what is set up there I am certain that it is a mime type issue. And I think it is a combination bug. There is a bug with how Mozilla coded the page and the way Safari handles the mime type switch.
If thats the case brendan you can let the file finish loading on the page, save it as a text file and just change the extension to dmg. It should load just fine.
November 30th, 2005 at 11:58:55 am
Yes, same thing happened to me. Safari gave me garbled text. I also have AOL which uses Netscape, I think, as its browser. So I used the AOL bowser to download. I just retried the Firefox download again on Safari and the garbled text appeared again. I’m no computer geek but I know some files can show up as text even though they are meant for other media. Some audio files, for example, require a translating program, and if you don’t have it they appear as text when you open them.
November 30th, 2005 at 11:59:54 am
Forgot to mention that I think when I first got my Mac Mini I used Safari to download Firefox. Not sure why it should be any different this time….
November 30th, 2005 at 12:23:10 pm
The garbled text is back. I took a screenshot and added a link to it, and I removed “UPDATE 2,” which previously stated:
Aha, now it’s working! Either my browser recovered from its little hiccup, or else Mozilla fixed something on their end. Damn, now I wish I’d gotten a screenshot!
November 30th, 2005 at 12:41:43 pm
if you get that garbled text you can try control clicking (right clicking if you have a multi-button mouse) and choosing to download it, alternatively you can option-click on a link to download it rather than load the file
November 30th, 2005 at 12:44:59 pm
I just downloaded from Safari without any problems.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:50:24 pm
mime type issue most likley. Safari has a few vexing mime type bugs, so my guess is Safari is to blame.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:54:29 pm
I tried that David, but it downloaded a “download.html” page, not the actual file.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:08:14 pm
looking at what is set up there I am certain that it is a mime type issue. And I think it is a combination bug. There is a bug with how Mozilla coded the page and the way Safari handles the mime type switch.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:33:19 pm
Haha, I like the garbled text.
The Matrix has you!
November 30th, 2005 at 1:44:32 pm
If thats the case brendan you can let the file finish loading on the page, save it as a text file and just change the extension to dmg. It should load just fine.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:53:20 pm
It’s all right, it actually did work one time, and I was able to download it. It then proceeded to stop working again.
If it hadn’t worked, I was going to download Internet Explorer and then use it to download Firefox. :)
November 30th, 2005 at 2:17:55 pm
Can’t you use an old version of Firefox to download the new Firefox?
November 30th, 2005 at 2:25:21 pm
I could, if I had a version of Firefox on my new (soon to be returned) laptop. But I don’t. Hadn’t gotten around to downloading it yet.
November 30th, 2005 at 8:01:05 pm
Downloaded fine on my new ibook. 12 inch