Closed Bug 165629 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

download.com links to download files don't work properly.

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

x86
Windows 98
defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: thesprintpcsman, Assigned: asa)

References

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Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 When I try to download files from download.com 90% of the time the link to download merly reloads the page and gets me no where. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1.find a file/program to download 2.click "download now" 3. Actual Results: The page reloaded and didn't comence any download(s). Expected Results: It should have comenced the download for the selected file.
The same happens with me on build 20020925 Win2K. Especially in the games download section.
I have seen this behavior and have a possible explanation. It seems that download.com now requires registration to access their software library. Try enabling "Open unrequested windows" under Preferences/Advanced/Scripts & Plugins. Now instead of seeing a page reload when a download link is clicked, I see a "Please register with download.com" window appear.
I am unable to download anything since I installed Mozilla 1.21. It was never a problem for me when I was using version 1.1, but now I've uninstalled version 1.2 and re-installed 1.1 and now that version doesn't work with download.com either. I delete my 'hosts' file, disabled the 'url filer' on the router and I tried Steve's suggestion with the 'unrequested windows' but it didn't help. Copying the link to Internet Explorer works every time. Look for any file on download.com (http://download.com.com/3000-2097-871531.html?tag=lst-0-1) and click on 'download now'. After a few seconds, an alert window pops up: Unable to connect to download.com.com:8000 BTW: I'm using Windows XP with servicepack 1
The first line should read: 'I am unable to download anything from download.com ' (Sorry, it's my first visit here and I don't know if it's possible to edit something)
Is anyone still seeing this with a recent Mozilla version? The site is working for me, Moz 1.3b on WinXP. There are a number of duplicates, such as bug 145770, that have been closed as WFM, but none recently. So I think either the site got fixed, or a bug in Mozilla was fixed a while ago.
WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030309 on Win98SE. I've not seen this problem.
Resolving as Works For Me. Please reopen if the problem persits with a recent build of Mozilla
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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