Compare Chrome extensions: PDF Reader vs Open in PDF Reader

Stats PDF Reader PDF Reader Open in PDF Reader Open in PDF Reader
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
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:

  1. Provides both light and dark theme options
  2. Facilitates page navigation using the "page" hash
  3. Allows customization of the PDF viewer's appearance
  4. Enables the display of both signed and unsigned PDF signatures
  5. Permits the opening of PDF files by dragging and dropping them into the viewer
  6. Offers partial support for executing PDF scripts
  7. Allows for the insertion of text and images
  8. Enables drawing functionality, such as digitally signing the PDF with a pen or mouse.
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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:

  1. Open PDF files from right-click context menu
  2. Transfer already opened PDF files to the external PDF viewer by pressing the browser's action button
  3. Detect PDF links and open them with left-click
  4. Open the external PDF viewer with a user-defined delay
  5. Supports most common PDF viewers

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:

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