Bug 18069 - WebKit adds different file extensions to downloaded files
Summary: WebKit adds different file extensions to downloaded files
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New Bugs (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: Mac (Intel) OS X 10.5
: P2 Major
Assignee: Nobody
URL: http://www.blanke.net/gt
Keywords: InRadar, PlatformOnly
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Reported: 2008-03-25 09:19 PDT by Steven Hollingsworth
Modified: 2008-03-31 23:23 PDT (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Steven Hollingsworth 2008-03-25 09:19:37 PDT
I have downloaded several different Office documents off of different websites and WebKit appends a strange filetype extension to them. For example, WebKit adds .pot to filename.ppt, .xla to filename.xls, and filename.dot to .doc. I have been able to reproduce this issue on several websites with several different Excel, PowerPoint, and Word files.
Comment 1 Steven Hollingsworth 2008-03-25 16:30:25 PDT
Here is a link to a post on the MacRumors forum from some other Safar/WebKit users who have been experiencing the same problem http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=445758.

It seems to occur after the installation of Office 2008, however other browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Camino, and Opera are not affected by this issue.  
Comment 2 Chris Fleischl 2008-03-25 19:06:36 PDT
It does not change the extension, it adds it.  So file.doc becomes file.doc.dot and file.xls becomes file.xls.xla.  Flash video files file.flv becomes file.flv.dms.

Comment 3 Robert Blaut 2008-03-26 11:58:15 PDT
In my opinion the issue belongs to Safari browser, not to Webkit engine. So it should be reported to http://bugreport.apple.com The issue is of cause visible only on Mac platform.
Comment 4 Steven Hollingsworth 2008-03-30 16:55:41 PDT
I have submitted a bug report on Apple's Bug Reporter. The problem ID is 5827353.

(In reply to comment #3)
> In my opinion the issue belongs to Safari browser, not to Webkit engine. So it
> should be reported to http://bugreport.apple.com The issue is of cause visible
> only on Mac platform.
Comment 5 Alexey Proskuryakov 2008-03-31 23:23:17 PDT
Thank you for filing this bug! As it is indeed not a WebKit issue, I'm closing this Bugzilla report as INVALID; it will continue to be tracked in Radar.