[Macpartners] reading PDFs - Safari & Firefox

[John D. MacDonald]

Bill,

The best solution I've found so far for FireFox is an extension  
called PDF Download.  It is linked from here, though mozilla servers  
seem to be down(ish) right now...

https://addons.mozilla.org/?application=firefox

The extension gives the user a choice to view PDFs internally using  
the browser, externally with the system default PDF app, or to save  
to disk or cancel.

I believe it is platform agnostic, but with the moz servers down I  
can't verify for you.

Good luck,
John

On Jun 2, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Bill Guarente wrote:

> Hello Partners~
>
> Our department regularly delivers documents to library patrons  
> using PDF.  Recently, the number of problems in viewing these files  
> has increased.  It seems that for Windows users, the combination of  
> Firefox 1.0.x and Adobe Acrobat is problematic, but only for some  
> PDFs.  Disabling the Acrobat plug-in and opening with AcroExch is  
> the best work around I've found for that.
>
> Safari / Macintosh users seem to have a lot of trouble.  Does any  
> of you know the secrets of reading PDFs on a Mac?  I'm looking for  
> something I can add to a web page to help struggling patrons.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ~Bill
> Bill Guarente
> Document Services
> MIT Libraries
> 3-7286
>
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