PDF Viewer, Reader is a free tool that allows you to view PDF files directly in your web browser.
Total ratings
3.93
(Rating count:
110)
Review summary
Pros
- Works well with Google Drive
- Allows saving pictures from a page
- Good for previewing PDFs without downloading
- Fast and functional for opening PDFs
Cons
- Doesn't allow opening from file URLs
- Has a sidebar ad that some users find annoying
- Night mode extensions do not work with it
- Print option doesn't function properly
- Requires access to entire Google Drive
Most mentioned
- Just opens a tab to their site
- Doesn't set default PDF viewer
- Request for additional features like text highlighting
- Shows sidebar ad
- Reports of it being a virus
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Recent rating average:
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Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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2024-01-05 | Michael Hogan | en | It has ever actually worked at all. Complete waste of time | |
2023-08-07 | Nicole Ahmed | Just opens a tab to their site: https://pdfviewer.softgateon.net/ Doesn't allow opening from file urls (broken) Works well with google drive - but needs access to your whole drive which might be a security issue for you. Allows saving pictures from a page. Doesn't convert. Doesn't set default pdf viewer. This is the official extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pdf-viewer/oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js | ||
2023-08-07 | Nicole Ahmed | en | Just opens a tab to their site: https://pdfviewer.softgateon.net/ Doesn't allow opening from file urls (broken) Works well with google drive - but needs access to your whole drive which might be a security issue for you. Allows saving pictures from a page. Doesn't convert. Doesn't set default pdf viewer. This is the official extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pdf-viewer/oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js | |
2022-05-28 | krishna sai | I love this extension, honestly but can you please add few option which can fill the void of edge inbuilt reader? those are ? highlighting the texts and pdf fits in the center which is good but i use sidebar search tool too, so its helpful if the pdf can be slightly moved at desired side. thanks a lot. | ||
2022-05-28 | krishna sai | en | I love this extension, honestly but can you please add few option which can fill the void of edge inbuilt reader? those are ? highlighting the texts and pdf fits in the center which is good but i use sidebar search tool too, so its helpful if the pdf can be slightly moved at desired side. thanks a lot. | |
2021-11-29 | Emmanuel KOUPOH | I liked the tool but for me the issue is that the night mode extensions do not work with and there is no integrated night mode. | ||
2021-11-29 | Emmanuel KOUPOH | en | I liked the tool but for me the issue is that the night mode extensions do not work with and there is no integrated night mode. | |
2020-11-01 | Toshikazu Ishida | 今まで快適に使用出来ていましたが、Ver1.0.0.1により使用不可となりました。 以前のバージョンに戻して欲しい。 | ||
2020-11-01 | Toshikazu Ishida | ja | 今まで快適に使用出来ていましたが、Ver1.0.0.1により使用不可となりました。 以前のバージョンに戻して欲しい。 | |
2020-03-20 | Codo Coderson | Perfect when you have Acrobat or another viewer for PDFs by default BUT you don't want to download an online PDF, you just want to preview it. |
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