Trying to view pdf version of school textbook in Safari

Hi- I am trying to view the online version of our class science textbook (grade 12 Science-Toronto, Canada) - we have registered it and have the correct user name and password- but keep getting an error 403 message when we try to view the pdf (http://glencoe.com/sec/science/ose/)-
The links and password work on our Windows NT computers but not on our Macs (10.4) fully updated etc.-
I have tried various combinations with and without the Schubert plug-in, Adobe plugin, Opera, IE, Firefox- followed the threads here on viewing PDFs, but all to no avail-
the textbook tech support people were of little help , though they suggested the Schubert plugin (PDF Browser Plugin). They claim Safari 2, in 10.4 should work fine-
I am open to any suggestions- having an online version of a text is a great option for our students as we simply can not afford text books for every student-
Admittedly not many of our students have macs at home, they mostly have Windows, but it would be great for them to have the choice at school when they need to catch up in the library etc.
Thanks in advance for any help

Thanks for the reply- but we are not actually hosting the online text- the publisher of the text book ( in the states) is doing that-
I have tried IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera on the mac- but no luck
our windows computers have no problems at all access the pdf-
I have encountered many websites that are not fully functional via a Mac browser but work just fine under the various microsoft/windows browsers-
maybe its my imagination, but more and more websites these days seem less and less "compatible" with Mac browsers- for example I tried downloading some software for a Kodak easyshare digicam yesterday- the page would not load properly in Safari or Opera, but appeared fully intact on the windows NT IE browser- I could go on with other examples but that is not the purpose of this forum-
I am still open to suggestions on how to access the online version of a school text in Safari
thanks
Parrish

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