176748 - quantum.com - Links to PDF specsheets on Quantum web site don't work if 'open unrequested windows' is disabled

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect, P2)

Description

[Roy Badami]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021012
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021012

Links to PDF specsheets on Quantum web site don't work if 'open unrequested
windows' is disabled in Mozilla preferences.

This appears to be because of the bizarre way in which the site is constructed,
where clicking on one of these links takes you to a new URL which displays the
same content as the original page, but then opens an unrequested window
containing the reqested PDF document.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Visit http://www.quantum.com/AM/products/dlt/dlt7000/default.htm
2.Click the link 'Data Sheet (PDF)'


Actual Results:  
If the 'open unrequested windows' preference is unchecked in Mozilla, nothing
happens.

Expected Results:  
The link to the datasheet should work even if the 'open unrequested windows'
preference is unchecked in Mozilla

Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

Verified in 2002102208 PC/Win98.

Comment 2

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

tech evang june 2003 reorg

Comment 3

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

INCOMPLETE due to lack of activity since the end of 2009.

If someone is willing to investigate the issues raised in this bug to determine whether they still exist, *and* work with the site in question to fix any existing issues, please feel free to re-open and assign to yourself.

Sorry for the bugspam; filter on "NO MORE PRE-2010 TE BUGS" to remove.