Do you want to be given option whether to “save”, “view” or “open” PDF files when you click on the links? The following plugin (PDF Download) will do exactly that, it will restrict browser’s default action (usually opening pdf files inside your browser) and instead will give you set of other options to choose from. (see screenshot below)
Why do you need this plugin? Sometimes, if the PDF file that you want to view is large in size, opening them directly inside your browser can crash the browser. Thus resulting in information loss. With this plugin you can prevent that from happening.
The latest version of the plugin also has a new feature to convert any webpage-to-PDF.
Plugin URL: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/636
Plugin Site: http://www.pdfdownload.org
Thank you for getting my attention to that add-on. I normally just get irritated but never really spend time looking for add-ons that would make my life easier. The add-on has been installed so one less problem to deal with.
Firefox is the best…
I’m always just view the file rather than safe it to my HD….
If the content is good, then i’ll save it/….
Saving some space…
Thank you for this post. PDFs opening in my Firefox window is annoying and temporarily makes my computer go a bit slow. With this I can download and open, and then discard once read. Thanks!
It looks good to me. I will give it a try. Thanks for sharing this plugin
ehm. looks like i need to try this plugin. huh!
Thanks for the tip. This is especially useful on my asus eeepc. The little thing pretty much died when firefox tried to open pdf’s.
Fire fox is the best for me. It has many addons which is really very helpful.
For internet marketing I have not found a better browser than Mozilla Firefox as of yet.
Now this is the plugin we can’t live without! Especially for people who are looking for ebooks constantly..
This is cool, some times when i download few kits at that time because of slow internet connection and large file size my browser crashes and i’ll have to restart the same process again. Thanks for the plugin.
As you probably know, you can disable viewing PDF files in FireFox by changing the file associations within FireFox (Tools > Options > Applications). Then FireFox will download the PDF file instead of viewing it.
Of course, this plugin is even better than my method because the plugin gives you the choice for each PDF you click on.
Once again I find the best tips here! Firefox is my web browser of choice, and the PDF issue is one that has bugged me often. I will go download this Plugin straight away, thank you very much for the tip!
I always download pdf file rather than read the file online
i will try to download that pdf. But if i have no choice, i will try this tips.