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<blockquote data-quote="tarchon" data-source="post: 2241357" data-attributes="member: 5990">A 40 MB download takes exactly the same amount of time whether you do it through Save Link As or the browser window.It's a quick fix on the SERVER side, so it's way easier than either of those. All you do is just associate a non-PDF MIME type (e.g. application/x-unknown) with the PDF extension, but as I've said I hardly think it's necessary anyway. I mean do you expect there are a lot of people who don't know how to use the File menu but do know how to extract files from an archive? I don't think so. My mom can barely turn on a computer, but she sure knows that if you want to save a file, you use File|Save. Give her a zip file, and she's calling me up long distance. I don't know how much time I've spent on like genealogy groups over the years with people posting things like &quot;help! how do I view a zip file?&quot; With XP, it's a lot easier (since the dearcher is part of the shell), but not everybody in the world has XP.So basically we've designed this whole system to suit a particular quirk of the way you personally have Eudora set up? Sorry, I think you're still on the post-hoc apologetics here. I don't for one second believe that that's the reason this is done the way it is.I'm not even talking about RPGNow or anyone in particular (though I have downloaded ZIPs from them and been through that), but this seems to be some weird widespread practice exclusive to the RPG industry, like the zipped PDFs that WotC uses in their downloads.&nbsp; Nobody else in the world does this, as far as I can tell, so best I can figure it's a case of vendors copying a nonsensical practice just because it's some &quot;industry standard.&quot; &quot;Well, RPGNow does it so it must be the right thing to do!&quot;I know that people selling through RPGNet don't determine what RPGNet's policy but what I don't get is why you guys are vehemently defending it. On the one hand you say &quot;don't blame us, we have no control&quot; (and I wasn't blaming you) but then when I complain about it you all start busting my butt? I don't get it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tarchon, post: 2241357, member: 5990"] A 40 MB download takes exactly the same amount of time whether you do it through Save Link As or the browser window. It's a quick fix on the SERVER side, so it's way easier than either of those. All you do is just associate a non-PDF MIME type (e.g. application/x-unknown) with the PDF extension, but as I've said I hardly think it's necessary anyway. I mean do you expect there are a lot of people who don't know how to use the File menu but do know how to extract files from an archive? I don't think so. My mom can barely turn on a computer, but she sure knows that if you want to save a file, you use File|Save. Give her a zip file, and she's calling me up long distance. I don't know how much time I've spent on like genealogy groups over the years with people posting things like "help! how do I view a zip file?" With XP, it's a lot easier (since the dearcher is part of the shell), but not everybody in the world has XP. So basically we've designed this whole system to suit a particular quirk of the way you personally have Eudora set up? Sorry, I think you're still on the post-hoc apologetics here. I don't for one second believe that that's the reason this is done the way it is. I'm not even talking about RPGNow or anyone in particular (though I have downloaded ZIPs from them and been through that), but this seems to be some weird widespread practice exclusive to the RPG industry, like the zipped PDFs that WotC uses in their downloads. Nobody else in the world does this, as far as I can tell, so best I can figure it's a case of vendors copying a nonsensical practice just because it's some "industry standard." "Well, RPGNow does it so it must be the right thing to do!" I know that people selling through RPGNet don't determine what RPGNet's policy but what I don't get is why you guys are vehemently defending it. On the one hand you say "don't blame us, we have no control" (and I wasn't blaming you) but then when I complain about it you all start busting my butt? I don't get it. [/QUOTE]

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