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No, that is incorrect. If the user has uploaded a copy of the PDF, we both show it on the page as an HTML 5 conversion and offer the PDF file as a download.
by benl 14y ago
No, that is incorrect. If the user has uploaded a copy of the PDF, we both show it on the page as an HTML 5 conversion and offer the PDF file as a download.
- kanzure 14y agoI see that you have a download link, but it doesn't work. $ wget -O file.pdf http://www.academia.edu/attachments/27796552/download_file --2013-01-13 12:55:35-- http://www.academia.edu/attachments/27796552/download_file Resolving www.academia.edu... 50.16.203.88 Connecting to www.academia.edu|50.16.203.88|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://www.academia.edu/login?cp=/attachments/27796552/download_file&cs= [following] --2013-01-13 12:55:35-- http://www.academia.edu/login?cp=/attachments/27796552/download_file&cs= Reusing existing connection to www.academia.edu:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://academia.edu/login?cp=/attachments/27796552/download_file&cs=&tcw=1 [following] --2013-01-13 12:55:36-- http://academia.edu/login?cp=/attachments/27796552/download_file&cs=&tcw=1 Resolving academia.edu... 50.16.203.88 Reusing existing connection to www.academia.edu:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://www.academia.edu/cookies_required [following] --2013-01-13 12:55:36-- http://www.academia.edu/cookies_required Reusing existing connection to www.academia.edu:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/html] Saving to: “file.pdf” [ <=> ] 27,784 --.-K/s in 0.1s 2013-01-13 12:55:36 (284 KB/s) - “file.pdf” saved [27784]
- benl 14y agoThe HTML 5 conversion is shown to all visitors, but you have to be a registered user to download the file. You're being redirected to a login page here.
- jacquesm 14y ago> you have to be a registered user to download the file. Why?
- snowmaker 14y agoTo help Academia.edu grow, of course. Think about it this way: Sure, at a personal level, it might be slightly annoying to you to have to create an Academia.edu account. But Academia's entire value is in the users, content, and community which have built up around it. If viral hooks like "signup to download" substantially grow the Academia community (and I believe this one does), then the value which they will create for you in having an accessible library of the world's research will far offset the small annoyance of having to sign up.
- jacquesm 14y agoYou help Academia grow by increasing the userbase, forcing users to log in puts up a barrier where none is needed. People come to academia.edu (to which I'm sympathetic, I submitted the link) for the papers, not to make an account. Don't put yourself before the content, that's the same mistake everybody else is making in this space.