Re: Gnoga.com - please try

[Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>]

On 2015-02-11, David Botton <david@botton.com> wrote:
>
>> [Firefox on Linux, NoScript in use.]
>
> NoScript will not allow the page to function, but you will get a
> dump of the contents. Same would be the case on old browsers, text
> browsers like Lynx, etc.
>

Yes, that's exactly why I tested it using NoScript because it should
be the same as using Lynx and friends.

However, there's another problem.

I don't have Lynx installed on the machine I am currently using, but
I do have Links installed, which is also a text mode browser. With
the command line:

        links www.gnoga.com

I get the following:

       ╔═════════════════════════ Unknown type

       ║  What would you like to do with the file '' (type:
       ║  application/octet-stream)?

       ║  Program ('%' will be replaced by the filename)


       ║  [ ] Block the terminal

       ║  [ Open ]  [ Save ]  [ Display ]  [ Show header ]  [ Cancel ]
 
As you are serving the page as application/octet-stream, Links clearly
thinks I am trying to download a file, and sure enough, if I select Open
then the raw HTML for the page is displayed instead of the HTML output.

Simon.

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