Compare Chrome extensions: PDF Reader vs Open in PDF Reader
Stats | PDF Reader | Open in PDF Reader |
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User count | 60,000+ | 100,000+ |
Average rating | 4.57 | 3.51 |
Rating count | 70 | 49 |
Last updated | 2024-01-10 | 2022-12-15 |
Size | 5.99M | 50.28K |
Version | 0.3.3 | 0.3.2 |
Short description | |
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A general-purpose Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer based on Mozilla's PDF.js library | Send PDF links directly to your favorite PDF viewer like Adobe Acrobat Reader |
Full summary | |
This extension uses Mozilla's pdf.js library to display PDF files in your browser. It will be used as a replacement for the default PDF viewer. This extension supports rendering remote and local PDF files on top frames. The extension provides the same experience as you open PDF files in the Firefox browser. To allow the extension to parse local PDF files, you need to enable "Access Local Files" in the extension manager. If you prefer the extension to parse PDF files in frame elements use the right-click context menu checkbox Features:
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The "Open in PDF viewer" extension opens PDF files directly in your favorite external PDF viewer application. To use the extension, right-click on a PDF link and select the "Open in PDF viewer" item. The extension downloads the PDF file in your default downloads directory and then executes the external command to open the downloaded file with the default PDF viewer (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader or FoxIt PDF reader). Note that to execute an OS-level command, you need to install a native client. Native client installation guide appears on the first usage. Features:
Change Logs: 0.1.1: It is now possible to define left-click open in default PDF reader from the options page. If this mode is enabled, the extension blocks the default action when a link with the PDF mime type is the target. 0.1.2: |