Hello all,
Under Windows using FF 52 (last one for XP) I tried to save the below
webpage :
https://lkubaski.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/adding-lxde-start-menu-and-desktop-shortcuts/
I found that a few images (starting with the second one, "properties.png") where absent. No problem ofcourse, just drag-and drop it into a folder ...
And that is where it became strange : although the filename on disk was "properties.png", its contents was a full webpage. <whut?>
The same happened when I tried to save the image thru rightclick -> "view image info".
Looking at the page source and grabbing the image link from there did not work either. Nor did rightclick -> "view image" and than any of the above.
In cases like this, what do I need to do to actually save those images ?
Try to save them with a command line program like lynx,
Hello all,
Under Windows using FF 52 (last one for XP) I tried to save the below
webpage :
https://lkubaski.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/adding-lxde-start-menu-and-desktop-shortcuts/
I found that a few images (starting with the second one, "properties.png") where absent. No problem ofcourse, just drag-and drop it into a folder ...
And that is where it became strange : although the filename on disk was "properties.png", its contents was a full webpage. <whut?>
The same happened when I tried to save the image thru rightclick -> "view image info".
Looking at the page source and grabbing the image link from there did not work either. Nor did rightclick -> "view image" and than any of the above.
In cases like this, what do I need to do to actually save those images ?
Your understanding is correct. Although it is named using the .png
extension it is really a WordPress (WP) link.
Looking at the link via Page Source, this is what it looks like:
The best you can do is to screenshot the displayed images and save them as simple .png files
Sailfish,
Your understanding is correct. Although it is named using the .png
extension it is really a WordPress (WP) link.
AFAICT its not the link that is the problem, but how its interpreted by the webserver. Somehow it knows when it requested by the to-be-displayed
webpage itself, and than returns the actual image. In all other cases it returns a webpage. I'm guessing that its a kind of anti-copy protection.
Looking at the link via Page Source, this is what it looks like:
I know, I did the same. :-)
The best you can do is to screenshot the displayed images and save them as >> simple .png files
As it turned out FF temporarily saved those actual images it displayed into the "Profiles\default\cache2\doomed" folder. Just with a bit more info injected and appended in/onto the image than I would want, but the image itself displays fine.
IOW, no screenshotting and subsequent clipping necessary.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Hello all,
Under Windows using FF 52 (last one for XP) I tried to save the below
webpage :
https://lkubaski.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/adding-lxde-start-menu-and-desktop-shortcuts/
I found that a few images (starting with the second one, "properties.png") where absent. No problem ofcourse, just drag-and drop it into a folder ...
And that is where it became strange : although the filename on disk was "properties.png", its contents was a full webpage. <whut?>
The same happened when I tried to save the image thru rightclick -> "view image info".
Looking at the page source and grabbing the image link from there did not work either. Nor did rightclick -> "view image" and than any of the above.
In cases like this, what do I need to do to actually save those images ?
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
I use Windows Snipping Tool or Linux xfce4-screenshooter and just make up
my own image.
T,
I use Windows Snipping Tool or Linux xfce4-screenshooter and just make up
my own image.
Thanks. And yes, if all else fails than I could do that I suppose. It sounds too much like work though. :-)
What I was hoping for was some kind of FF setting (about:config ?) which would tell the browser to retrieve the resource from its cache, instead of re-downloading it.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
T,
I use Windows Snipping Tool or Linux xfce4-screenshooter and just make up
my own image.
Thanks. And yes, if all else fails than I could do that I suppose. It sounds too much like work though. :-)
What I was hoping for was some kind of FF setting (about:config ?) which would tell the browser to retrieve the resource from its cache, instead of re-downloading it.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
Way easier that about:/config (especially since I misspell it a lot).
Just out of curiosity, why did you not try to save the graphic from a different browser?
Outof curiosity, why should I be using or just have multiple browsers installed ? I have no wish to manage multiple of them - all with their
own problems regarding security and privacy.
I pretty much need to see everything my customers see.
Have you tried opening the web page in Firefox, then going to tools,
Browser tools, Web Page andlooking for the png in question?
Have you tried opening the web page in Firefox, then going to tools,
Browser tools, Web Page andlooking for the png in question?
I don't have that choice in FF v52. The nearest I get is tools -> web developer -> browser toolbox (ctrl-alt-shift-I) and browser console (ctrl-shift-J). The latter doesn't seem to offer any kind of image view
(its just a logger), the former causes alarm bells to go off.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
You could always download the web page into a text file with "curl", then
dig out the png's
address.
If you would like, you can give me the web site
and tell me which png you are after and I
will see it I can find the direct link for you.
And it I owe you a bunch for helping me with dll
programming
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