[RefChat] Re: 2006 USSF Advice to Referees is now a free download

[Celso Frazao]

Yes, but are you able to print the document??

Dennis talbert wrote:
> It does appear to be browser version dependent because
> I was just able to access it okay using Internet
> Explorer in the library and the direct link worked
> fine.  The problem occurred on computer in a coffee
> shop which I suspect had not been updated in a long
> time.  If I ever return there I will send you the
> details but as I pointed out the workaround was quite
> simple.  Thanks for being a source of this good info
> for refs as I have referred several of my colleagues
> to
> the site.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dennis T
>
> --- Steve Piercy - Web Site Builder
> <refchat at d2sra.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> The original page from which I got the Advice is:
>> <http://www.ussoccer.com/laws/index.jsp.html>
>>
>> What is the specific error you get?
>>
>> What web browser and version, and what operating
>> system are you using?
>>
>> The file is large, 4.3MB in size, so it may appear
>> that nothing is happening, when in fact you are
>> downloading the file.  In addition, Internet
>> Exploder on Windows typically has a web browser
>> plug-in for PDF files, which exacerbates the issue. 
>> Also IE on Windows is known to occasionally barf on
>> URLs that lack "www".  I recommend Firefox instead:
>> <http://www.getfirefox.com/>
>>
>> Finally, another subscriber reported that one cannot
>> print the PDF because it is password protected. 
>> It's a silly thing, because there are a multitude of
>> applications that can crack, er I mean, retrieve
>> passwords from PDFs so you can print, copy text,
>> save them as Word docs, etc.
>>
>> The USSF wants its referees to be informed about its
>> interpretations of the Laws of the Game, but it
>> erects barriers to distributing these
>> interpretations.
>>
>> --steve