[nfbcs] IE8 download problem

[Rasmussen, Lloyd]

Amazon is probably using their cloud player and downloader.  They send you a .amz file and expect their downloader to deal with it.  But IE8 needs to know that you want to open the AMZ file for this process to occur.  Multiple dialogs pop up, and Window-Eyes, at least, doesn't always get focus on the one you must deal with.  But in IE8 on Windows 7, I think that the information bar is appearing in these instances, and I have not tried to change this behavior.


Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress   202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS.


-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:22 AM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: [nfbcs] IE8 download problem

I recently changed to IE8, and I'm running Windows XP.
Sometimes, when I hit enter on a link to download a file, it puts up a very fast message saying it's downloading, but it never opens the dialog to save the download file, and it doesn't really do anything.  It also doesn't make the noise that means it's showing the security bar.  Can anyone advise me? 
This is happening with Amazon MP3 downloads, and with an email link that's supposed to go get me a file.

Also, when I installed IE8, it said it had some problem with add-ons, so it's running without add-ons.  Is this a problem?
Thanks.
Tracy