Or maybe gmail is just trying to (over-?)compensate for the fact that some versions of IE have broken gzip decoding and don't offer the deflate method either by zipping it up for you? I think we should see some packet traces of this tampering before anyone goes jumping to conclusions.

(That subject line comes from a FF request, btw.)

hey BB, if you're using FF then install the 'PDF Download' plugin, works a treat :D


@BB im with you :O) quicktime = s*itetime !!!

serves um right for using internet exploder O_o

Maybe another program is looking for apple files, perhaps quicktime, itunes or an IE plugin?

Is anyone else getting the same behaviour, I don't.

The only time I get zip files is when there are multiple attachments; and I think it's a great way of bundling them up!

I'd say its likely theres a bit of server side code that wasn't getting an AJAX call when in IE that covered their compressed files to the file wanted.

Gmail is a beta product tho right? expected.

The less Apple-based software I have polluting my computer the better. I even wish all the PDFs would just download instead of load up in the browser, but I can't find the hooks to fix that behavior.

I hate the quicktime MP3 thing, too. The mere mention of it in this article has caused me to change my FF settings to "Save File" for MP3s.

(Tools > Options > Applications)