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Firefox PDF plugin to view PDF in browser on Windows [closed]

Firefox PDF plugin to view PDF in browser on Windows [closed]

"Is there any plugin or extension so I can view any PDF directly within Firefox 3.5 on Windows just like with Safari on a Mac?
It's annoying to always download and open the file."

Asked by: Guest | Views: 291
Total answers/comments: 5
Guest [Entry]

Both Adobe and Foxit offer a web browser plugin. There are also plain viewer addons like PDFVue, but that one didn't rate particularly well.
Guest [Entry]

Foxit reader is a really nice PDF reader and has a great working Firefox plugin
Guest [Entry]

I'm using PDF-XChange Viewer from Tracker Software, and really love it. First, it's free, and it has almost all the functionality you want from a pdf viewer and a pdf EDITOR. Of course, it also has browser plugins for both Firefox and IE.
Guest [Entry]

There's also a plugin avalaible from the MuPDF-Project.
Guest [Entry]

"The popular

The most well-known free PDF readers, which both offer a browser plug-in, are Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader.

The open source

The open-source Sumatra PDF reader is another alternative. Note: you'll have to enable the installation of the plug-in during the setup.

The plugin-free add-on

For newer versions of Firefox, an add-on which doesn't require the installation of plug-ins is also available. It's called PDF Viewer and is based upon the PDF.JS project.

It is currently available for Firefox for Android 11.0 - 16.0a1, Firefox 10.0 and later and SeaMonkey 2.7 and later.

Note: PDF plug-ins such as Adobe Reader can conflict with the add-on. You'll have to disable these via Ctrl + Shift + A > Plug-ins."