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when I click on download this material I get a popup window of crazy text instead of the save to box. this happens about 1 in 10 materials.
anyone else have this.

Yes I get this too. I think it depends on the compression file type, for example zips download just by clicking, 7zs open as text in browser. Right click "Download linked file" saves a text file. Just delete ".txt" file extension. Works at least on OSX.

I'm using OSX 10.4 and right clicking the link doesn't work. It does download, but it's still just a text file with all the code. I also tried changing the suffix and that doesn't work. It seems as though all the best textures have this problem. and what is a 7zs?

Well, if you're on the Mac download it with right click > download linked file
(wording might be slightly different, I'm on a German system here...)

Then you get the *.7z file, which is considered as a superior zipping file
format by some nerds who care more about features than usability

The OS X tool of choice to unpack them is the freeware untar, available at
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/Untar.shtml

Hope it helps

Kabe

P.S.: Zip your files for god's sake. Both OS X and Windows come with zip
support build in. Using 7z is mostly reckless IMO, there's no widely
supported MIME type for it, so the problems start with the download and
they end with mediocre path handling. Certified bad idea.