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There isn't any DRM, the plugin is just listening to a "suggestion" that it not let me save (no error, it just doesn't do anything when I click the save icon).
by jedbrown 14y ago
There isn't any DRM, the plugin is just listening to a "suggestion" that it not let me save (no error, it just doesn't do anything when I click the save icon). Everything on ScienceDirect has this property. I just tested with this paper from my RSS feed (Chromium 24.0.1312.70).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045782513000364 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045782513...
- drzaiusapelord 14y agoI'm using Chrome not Chromium, and there's no save icon. Are you sure you aren't viewing this in a proprietary viewer? Typically you should be able to right click and get a save as option.
- jedbrown 14y agoI just confirmed that the same occurs with Chrome 24.0.1312.52 (Official Build 175374). I'm quite sure that I am viewing it in a proprietary viewer. Specifically, the Chrome PDF Viewer. Surely you've seen these buttons before? http://i.imgur.com/80dO12V.png http://i.imgur.com/80dO12V.png In both Chrome and Chromium, clicking save here does nothing and "Save As" is greyed out in the right-click context menu. "Print" works in Chrome (though it takes time to produce a preview before I can print to PDF), but locks up Chromium. This anti-user bullshit is usually less prevalent in non-proprietary software.