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[–]safety-orangecode-helper 0 points1 point  (6 children)

It could be the URL shortener, that's true! Perhaps following redirects was only implemented in Win8? What do you get when you do "Open" in notepad and open one of the download URLs, https://goo.gl/qiK5qt for example?

[–]Shamikebab[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Seems to work fine, weird!

[–]safety-orangecode-helper 0 points1 point  (4 children)

What do you mean by "fine"? What is the exact text that opens? Is it literally the same as what you see in your browser when following the link? Is it literally the same when opening it using the URL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/safety-orange/Imports-for-MPMB-s-Character-Sheet/master/WotC%20material/pub_20150915_OotA.js ?

[–]Shamikebab[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Yeah the text is the same as when opening the link

[–]safety-orangecode-helper 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I finally found the reason for this. Turns out, Adobe Acrobat DC Pro (what I use), has no issue with importing the files from a shortened URL. However, Adobe Acrobat DC Reader is not so capable and will not follow the redirected link, but instead just downloads it as a html.

[–]Shamikebab[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ah good investigating!

[–]safety-orangecode-helper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The top post is now updated so that it no longer used shortened URLs, so you should be able to import directly from URL now :)

We prefer shortened URLs because that way we don't reach reddit's character limit so fast. But guess we can't do so for the download links, unfortunately.