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I need to dowload a PDF but Firefox only opens it (which fails due to bad backend flags)

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Fry-kun
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I want to view/open a PDF for a site, but it presents the file as PDRcontroller or something like that - so Android fails with some error. Firefox doesn't seem to have any option to download the file (as it's linked via a JS link) - but even when it isn't (other sites), there's no option to force download in the overflow menu.

I want to view/open a PDF for a site, but it presents the file as PDRcontroller or something like that - so Android fails with some error. Firefox doesn't seem to have any option to download the file (as it's linked via a JS link) - but even when it isn't (other sites), there's no option to force download in the overflow menu.

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Paul
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Hi

What is the site and the file that you are trying to download?

This will help me try to replicate the issue and hopefully find a solution for you.

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Fry-kun
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Farmers.com, it's under a login.. I'll try to find one that's unrestricted

Fry-kun
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Try https://www.google.com/search?q=filetype%3Apdf+site%3Afarmers.com+seasonal+smarts+digest It seems inconsistent to me, open sometimes The real problematic one is 0% success rate