Open PDF files outside your browsers

Posted on: March 4 2007
Category: Firefox, Microsoft, Tips & Tricks
By: eches


Sometimes it's annoying to find that a link we are opening are PDF files and they freeze our browsers as they try to open the adobe acrobat reader. Surely this is not the case for computer equipped with latest processor, massive RAM etc but as far as my computer is concerned, it's really a big deal. You might want to consider the following tips if this is a case too for you. I will go with Firefox first as this is my primary browser.

1. Firefox

There are two ways of dealing with PDF files in Firefox.

a) Link Alert - Once this plugin is installed to Firefox, the cursor will change its icon to the files associated with the links you are hovering on. There is further details about this plugin at my previous post (Firefox plugin: link alert).

b) PDF download - This plugin gives you the option on whether to open the PDF files on your browser or to save directly into your hard disk.

2. Internet Explorer

In order to disable your Internet Explorer from opening the PDF files inside the browser, you need to open Adobe Acrobat reader and go to Edit > Preferences. Untick the Display PDF in browser (see the following picture).

This should get over the nuisance from bugging your browsing experience and happy surfing.

[via Blog Herald]

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  1. zaki says on March 4, 2007 at 2:59 pm

    Oooo like that aaaa….
    My pc always become slower just like yours when pdf file is open…i’ll try the trick…thanks mate:x:x

  2. admin says on March 4, 2007 at 3:02 pm

    no problemo :d

  3. Madhur Kapoor says on March 4, 2007 at 4:07 pm

    You are right man , it is annoying to see the browser freeze when a pdf file is opened , thanks for the tip .

  4. Ahmad Uzair says on March 4, 2007 at 4:48 pm

    thanks for the info.yes sometimes my browser got freeze when open PDF files..

  5. kartik trivedi says on March 5, 2007 at 8:04 pm

    Hey a real cool tip, though after braodband and a 512mb ram this problem does not bother me much but still with big files…you know what I will use next time.

  6. admin says on March 5, 2007 at 8:13 pm

    I got 1G ram but the problem still prevails..most probably due to my processor; only P4 2.4GHz (no HT) :-?

  7. Garry C. says on March 6, 2007 at 2:19 pm

    Nice work Eches, this will help a lot. Even the newest computer slows down a bit and suffers from having to open .PDF’s within the browser… thanks for showing us the trick.

  8. mEsoL says on March 9, 2007 at 12:50 am

    Good tips. I’ll include this article in my Fakta Firefox blog too.

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