[Opera-Linux] Opera needs many re-loading before displaying pdf files.

[Keith Bates]

On Fri, 04 May 2007 13:17:46 +0530
"Parameshwara Bhat" <peebhat at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello List,
> 
> The current version of Opera behaves strangely with respect to
> display of pdf files.The plugin is available and is correctly listed
> by opera.You click on a pdf link,it downloads and quietly sits with a
> blank.You reload 4-5 times again and again,pdf file is loaded and
> displayed.If the first document is displayed,in that session, no
> problem there displaying pdf files again .In the next session,problem
> repeats.
> 
> As I have faced the problem both at home and office on different
> computers and different OSes ( All Linux,but
> Fedora/Ubuntu/OpenSUSE ),I think the problem lies in Opera. In the
> same context,firefox has no problem at all and that excludes Acrobat
> Reader Plugin from sources of problem.
> 
> I have observed this problem for quite some time now, perhaps this
> has started with Opera 9.x series, but I cannot exactly tell.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Parameshwara Bhat
> 

I can confirm that.

I was thinking that it could not be right as I don't have problems
opening pdf files- but that's because I open them with the default
application for my system- gpdf. When I try to use the plug-in it
doesn't work. Using Debian- testing and Opera 9.20


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