Trying to download a mobileread e-book

[peachiekene]

Originally Posted by momtodogs

BTW, I loved the TV show DRESDEN FILES, and was sorry to see it cancelled. I presume it originated as a book series? Who is the author?

I used to use Firefox and liked it. (I use Chrome now.) Can't answer about the favorites as it's been so long since I've used IE. ^^; Hopefully someone will be able to answer that for you.

What I actually came by to say that the author of The Dresden Files is Jim Butcher.
I've read the first book in the series and liked it. They changed quite a few things in the show to make it more visually appealing.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by momtodogs

I hope you didn't think I was reprimanding you, because I certainly wasn't.

Lately, I would have to agree with you about Internet Explorer, but it is all I have known. I've been thinking of trying Firefox. Is it very much different to use? Do my Favorites transfer over? Now that I am retired, I have no patience with high learning curves. You know, "Just get me what I want, when I want, where I want, and make it easy."

BTW, I loved the TV show DRESDEN FILES, and was sorry to see it cancelled. I presume it originated as a book series? Who is the author?

No, AnotherCat reprimanded me, elsewhere! And rightly so, too!

Firefox is very easy, and there is no learning curve that I noticed. More meaningfully, my mother managed the same, too! Favorites/bookmarks/saved passwords/etc can be easily imported: Firefox Download, install and migration

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by AnotherCat

Just as Mr Shwartz advises ; also if you add MobileRead to your permanent compatability list in IE then the problem will go away without having to select that mode each time. Hopefully MobileRead will be fixed sometime to comply as other sites do.

Comply with what?

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Comply with what?

Microsoft's special habit of doing things differently when it comes to web standards.

[AnotherCat]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Comply with what?

With respect to the likely cause of the problem raised by the original poster (and only those working at the server end can say what the actual problem they have there is) Microsoft it seems (and they say) has in recent times become quite strict in respect to HTML compliance, especially DOCTYPE, and less reliant on data sniffing and quirk mode (that last being a relaxation of current standards to allow out of date legacy web sites to display correctly).

But one is not forced into that situation with IE in that, as described already, one can relax that approach for sites that do not comply by viewing them in compatibility mode. As I have said already, among the many sites I visit there is only one that that compatibility mode is helpful for, and that is the MobileRead library (misnaming of epubs), all others are fine. As I have also said, IE is more proactive from the users end in providing tracking protection; should one value that (not everybody cares).

Again, I make the point, MobileRead is the only website that I have come across (among many used) that presents this problem with respect to the naming of epubs. IE applies a safer name to files it cannot identify with a high level of confidence.

If I recall correctly, I believe I saw somewhere that the MobileRead web site is currently undergoing a software update (perhaps someone recalls where that was said).

I will make it clear that I am not claiming any overall security, or any other advantages for IE, just that on this particular issue it operates in a more conservative manner than Firefox and Chrome seem to.

General Comment: From my own point of view the selection of a browser from the 3 main contenders is one of personal preference solely based on the functionalities they do or don't provide in meeting ones own particular browsing needs. Rabbiting on about a specific one, as some do, being the only sensible choice indicates that such a commentator is both misinformed and has a romantic and intolerant view, inconsiderate of others choice making, rather than a pragmatic one that accepts that among the three it really gets down to personal choice. Try all three browsers and see which best meets one's personal browsing needs, none of them are perfect.

[eschwartz]

@AnotherCat, that does not apply, however, to anyone running Windows XP. anyone running Windows XP cannot take advantage of Microsoft's relatively (compared to XP) recent decision to create a competitive browser.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Microsoft's special habit of doing things differently when it comes to web standards.

Thanks. I thought that was a possibility, but did not realize that microsoft had taken over from W3C.

I don't have or use micrsoft anything and IE has never even been available for any OS I have.

I do have linux versions of chromium (chrome before the closed source bits are added) and iceweasel (firefox without the trademarked bits). I right clicked a mobiread ebook in each as Harry suggested and the intended file name came up prefilled in in each, so I did not have to type or change the name. I then left clicked in each, and the book with intended file name was automatically saved in each.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Thanks. I thought that was a possibility, but did not realize that microsoft had taken over from W3C.

They just think they have.

[AnotherCat]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Thanks. I thought that was a possibility, but did not realize that microsoft had taken over from W3C.

I am afraid that I do not follow the mental gymnastics which results in your accusing an organisation that attempts to follow the current standard become accused of taking over from the standard writer . Personally I would have thought complying was a good thing, but you are entitled to your own view on that.

Perhaps you have a closed and emotional attachment to another operating system and browser (in fact versions which almost no one else has any interest in) and that is the explanation?

Anyway, I think the original questions as to why the matter is occuring have all been answered, and I have no desire to take part in the rubbishing or otherwise of any of the 3 most popular browsers; so I am out of here.