PDF files that are not simple links?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 14:05:06 -0400,
  Tom Horsley <horsley1953 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have no idea what kind of thing is being used to display
> this, or why so many web sites think it is a good idea
> to prevent their customers from accessing the site on
> linux. All I get on linux is an about:blank new window
> where nothing appears.

Probably some javascript is used to do this. Did you have javascript
enabled when you tried it?

Depending on the site and how much I want to see the pdf file, I'll look at
the source code to see where the pdf file is, so that I can download it.