HTTP download not working on Rails 3

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Published on 2012-12-10T16:57:55Z Indexed on 2012/12/10 17:03 UTC
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I have this in my Rails controller:

  def download_clip
    send_file "public/output.mp4", :type=>"video/mp4", :filename => "output.mp4", :disposition => 'attachment'
  end

and in my HTML code I have this:

<a href="download_clip/"></a>

Now could somebody tell me why Firefox's download window will NOT pou up, but chrome downloads the file fine? Instead firefox opens a new window and starts playing the file. I WANT THE DOWNLOAD BOX to POPUP. I have spend too much time on it

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