Blob createObjectURL download not working in Firefox (but works when debugging)

Question

I have an odd problem, the function below is one I created based on what i found on the net about creating a Blob in the client on the fly with some binary data in (passed a

Answer 1

this solution works for me in bot chrome and firefox for existing anchor element to download binary file

window.URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL;

var blob = new Blob([new Uint8Array(binStream)], {type: "octet/stream"});

var link = document.getElementById("link");
link.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);