Firefox-Mac-PDF allows in-line PDFs for Firefox

If you switched to Firefox from another browser like Safari that supports in-line PDF viewing (that's the ablity to look at a PDF in the browser instead of downloading it), then you might have been disheartened to learn that Firefox does not support this feature natively. However, you will find Firefox-Mac-PDF to be a useful plug-in.

Firefox-Mac-PDF allows for the same in-line PDF viewing that can be found in Safari. This plug-in requires Firefox 3 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher. You can download the plug-in for free from their Google Code page.

To install the plug-in, just open the Add-ons panel by going to Tools > Add-ons. Once there, drag the downloaded ".xpi" file to the Add-ons. You will be asked if you wish to install the plug-in. Once you restart Firefox you'll be able to view all PDFs right within Firefox.

[via Lifehacker]

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Source: http://code.google.com/p/firefox-mac-pdf/

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Jeem

PDFs are great! For one thing only, though - printing.

If you want to control how a document looks on paper then PDF is the way to go. If you want to break the flow of the web experience, force users to deal with different navigation, and give them lousy searching then post PDFs on the web.

PDF is great for lazy-ass web designers and clueless content creators. To paraphrase J. Nielsen, it promotes ease of posting and denies ease of use. Inline PDF viewing just guarantees a crappy user experience.

If you're going to force users to view PDFs then they SHOULD have to open them in a different viewer. Why? Because they are not web pages. Better yet, do the right thing - create content that can be converted to web pages and to PDF, and use each appropriately. Don't make life more difficult for web users just to make it easier for yourself.

June 20 2008 at 4:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris Tucker

Rachel, page up/down works for me. Running 10.5.3.

June 20 2008 at 1:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tnkgrl

OMG... Finally!

June 19 2008 at 3:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ted

Doesn't work in all cases. I tried an PDF attachment in my gmail and it still wanted to download it and use the preview application. Which is not the case in safari or on Windows with acrobat installed..

June 19 2008 at 11:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Alex

Could it be that fireforx-mac-pdf interfers with the dynamical bookmarks? because they don't work anymore since I installed this add-on.

June 19 2008 at 9:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rachel

page up/page down doesn't seem to work

June 19 2008 at 4:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tom Waterhouse

Interesting choice of PDF :) I know it well...

June 19 2008 at 4:01 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Francesco Minciotti

And you, guys, are still talking about firefox 3 release?!

This one is the real thing! I wondered for an entire year searching for something equivalent to the PDF in-line opening in Windows... and now, this great gift :D :D

r0x!

June 19 2008 at 3:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

TVGenius

Finally I can quit polluting my desktop and Docs folder with every PDF I want to look at!! Yay!

June 19 2008 at 12:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Emilio

pdfs in browser windows are horrible - and so is firefox - safari too now that i think of it.

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