application/octet-stream

[ksgale]

I have a list of names that link to a picture (.jpg I think) for each name. When I click on the name I get this box:
Open Ken
You have chosen to open
Ken
Which is a: application/octet-stream
From: http://website name.com
What should Firefox do with this file?
Open with: Browse
Save to disk:

What plug-in/extention do I need to display the picture?
In IE when I click on the name a picture appears.

Thanks for any help.

[ksgale49]

Sorry I wasn't logged in when I wrote the above.

[JaredM]

You don't need a plugin to view the picture, you need your webhost to properly setup the mime types on the webserver.

[uk/jash]

I also get this problem when trying to access the library webpage at the Uni where I work..

jinexile - Are you saying that the webmasters of the affected sites have not set up the webpages properly, so that firefox cannot load them?
Is there no way of getting round this? (other than loading the pages in IE of course)

Ta

[uk/jash]

PS Having read a bit more about this I realise it is a problem with sloppy HTML on the part of the web page writers, however is there no way I can tell firefox to open the page. I tried using the "open with" option and selecting fire fox - but I just get a bit of HTML code and no web page. IE seems to be able to handle these badly labelled html pages so is there not a way we can force firefox to accept them as html pages?

Thanks

[dtobias]

Not actually "sloppy HTML", but incorrect server configuration. The server is saying that the files in question are raw binary, not images, and Firefox is following the standards properly by taking the server at its word, instead of second-guessing it like MSIE does. The solution is to get the webmaster to fix the server configuration. If the webmaster can't or won't do this, the solution (in an ideal world) would be to have the webmaster executed by firing squad and replaced by one more reasonable.