Computer Help and Support

Nothing to do with Facebook friend requests this time!

You seem to have an interest in tech-related issues (not sure of your background). I saw this thread and it reminded me of a problem I have recently been experiencing with gmail, which is a Google product and may be tangential to this topic. When I get attachments in gmail, I sometimes cannot download them with a click of the download button. They just refuse to download.

So I'm forced to save them to my "Google Drive." Last night, this happened with a PDF. I went into Google drive to access it (I use Chrome as a browser, BTW). When I tried to open it, it wanted to open in a PDF view that was not Adobe -- I can't remember the name of the alternative that Google presented.

But it made me wonder whether my inability to simply download attachments to my desktop was a glitch created by Google to compel me to use their associated software when I'm routed through Google drive.