How do Mozilla users download skins?

[Geoneil]

I tried to download this skin and instead of getting a window asking me what I'm supposed to do with the file, I got a screen full of gobbledygook.

BTW, don't just say use IE, Nullsoft is an AOL company, not a Microsoft company. IE is a Microsoft product, whilst Mozilla is based on Netscape, which is an AOL product!

So there!!

{EDIT}

This might be a problem with Classic skins, as this happenned with another Classic skin (an unofficial Matrix skin) while Modern seem to download OK.

[bored154]

open it with winamp...

[Geoneil]

Originally posted by bored154
open it with winamp...

and how do I do that?

[bored154]

what Mozilla IE do you use?

[Geoneil]

Mozilla 1.5 suite

Save link target doesn't get the full URL of the skin

Copy link location and pasting does, but the only I can see of getting a filename or URL into Winamp is by Playing it, which doesn't work.

And the 'Get more skins' option just opens another tab in Mozilla with the Skins page (which could do with a Search function IMHO as well as remembering that you're only searching for Modern skins when you go to the next page instead of switching back to Modern & Classic)

So I'm still totally stuck...

[godoncrack]

get netscape

[bored154]

Originally posted by Geoneil
Mozilla 1.5 suite

Save link target doesn't get the full URL of the skin

Copy link location and pasting does, but the only I can see of getting a filename or URL into Winamp is by Playing it, which doesn't work.

And the 'Get more skins' option just opens another tab in Mozilla with the Skins page (which could do with a Search function IMHO as well as remembering that you're only searching for Modern skins when you go to the next page instead of switching back to Modern & Classic)

So I'm still totally stuck...

ok heres something that might work... right click this and say "Save As..." then put into the skins folder of winamp

[added] sorry i took so long to reply i was adding a chat box to my forums and i had to edit alot of the code for it... [/added]

[Geoneil]

Thanks bored - that works, although you have to rename the file too, (Mozilla keeps wanting to save it as details.php and keeps listing the file type as 'Text document', don't know what's going on there... :S )

[Moguta]

Originally posted by godoncrack
get netscape

Mozilla works off of the Netscape engine, I don't think that would be much help.

The problem is that the MIME-type is set incorrectly on the web server as "text/plain", so that's what Mozilla displays the skin file as. File -> Save As should save the skin when you see that goobedlygook text.

[bored154]

Originally posted by Geoneil
Thanks bored - that works, although you have to rename the file too, (Mozilla keeps wanting to save it as details.php and keeps listing the file type as 'Text document', don't know what's going on there... :S )

np, i suggest Mozilla Firebird i had that on my old computer and it worked really well, it has a pop-up blocker built in

[whiteflip]

click on download skin
- you get your gobblygook
click on File > Save Page As
save your page to your desktop
minimize your mozilla
open the file on your desktop

[cybermarz]

Originally posted by Moguta
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The problem is that the MIME-type is set incorrectly on the web server as "text/plain", so that's what Mozilla displays the skin file as. File -> Save As should save the skin when you see that goobedlygook text.

This is very true! The webmaster can maybe correct this glitch?

The same problem occurs at almost all sites downloading RAR-files. I just hoped Mozilla/Firebird could detect these false text-files.

[Vie]

Originally posted by Moguta
Mozilla works off of the Netscape engine, I don't think that would be much help.

The problem is that the MIME-type is set incorrectly on the web server as "text/plain", so that's what Mozilla displays the skin file as. File -> Save As should save the skin when you see that goobedlygook text.

Actualy, netscape has no problems with downloads from any website... ..bar some .rars from older sites, but you just use the old "Save Link Target as" trick.

[Moguta]

Originally posted by cybermarz
This is very true! The webmaster can maybe correct this glitch?

The same problem occurs at almost all sites downloading RAR-files. I just hoped Mozilla/Firebird could detect these false text-files.

Yes, the webmaster should set right MIME-type, but since browsers like IE just use the file extension rather than MIME-type, many webmasters neglect this.

Mozilla Firebird is planning to develop a future technique to detect false text/plain MIME-types by analyzing the unique header-bits of the file.

[horse-fly]

save page as .wsz for classic skins, or .wal for moderns

[whiteflip]

I still hope They seperate the two types of skins in the prefernces in the next release. Seriously its bugging the hell out of me.

[eminemfan]

There Are 2 Options:

1. Get A Download Manager (I Use FlashGet).
2. Copy And Paste The Link Into Internet Explorer (Or An Alternative Program).