Unable to display and print PDFs from FireFox (latest updated version) Answered

I bring up an Instructable, go to the PRINT PDF page, and no matter what I do, I can not "download", see, nor print the pdf from FIREFOX. I seem to be able to do so from MSIE, however.

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StumpChunkman

9 years ago

I've seen the problem before of some instructables having 0 bytes of data in the downloaded pdf, but others are working fine. Would you mind sending me a link to the ones you find you're having issues with. The more we find the more we can narrow down exactly what's going on. Thanks!

nimitz

Reply 9 years ago

What was the solution for that 0 byte problem? Several of the PDFs and eBooks have given me a 0 byte download or a tiny download that is corrupted. Most work but some don't. If you've got a link to the solution I'll take it please! :-)

StumpChunkman

Reply 9 years ago

Sadly, the only fix for that is to email the code monkeys and wait for them to update things on the back end. The reason I ask which ones people have issues with is so that I can immediately pass it on and they can be fixed. Unfortunately this is the only real way we know to fix them.

nimitz

Reply 9 years ago

Wonderful. Well thanks for letting me know anyway! :-)

Hopefully the code monkeys aren't pining over the receptionist...

Goodhart

Reply 9 years ago

I will have to do so from home....since I am at work, and we only have MSIE here.....I HOPE isn't because I wasn't patient enough, since my connection at home is not as fast as the one at work.

ExitPass

9 years ago

I have a similar problem: I am logged in, but seem to be logged out when going to certain pages, i.e. bacon soup bowl, I am logged out of instructables, and cannot log back OR change my password. yes, I am using FIREFOX.
DO YOU NOW REQUIRE PAYMENT TO LOG IN TO CERTAIN INSTRUCTABLES? or, are you trying to force mac users to leave?

Goodhart

Reply 9 years ago

I just can't seem to "load" the PDF's from FF.