Description
A general-purpose Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer based on Mozilla's PDF.js library
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Ranking Summary
Overall Rank
Extension Rank
"Zoom" Keyword
"User Experience" Keyword
"Update" Keyword
"Reader" Keyword
"Pdf" Keyword
"File" Keyword
"Display" Keyword
"Disable" Keyword
Featured Rank
Review Summary
Users appreciate PDF Reader for its lightweight, fast, and reliable PDF viewing experience, especially its direct in-browser viewing without downloads, bookmark support, and keyboard navigation. It works better than some default viewers and supports spell checking in forms. However, multiple reviews note missing advanced features like highlighting, commenting, editing, and dark mode. Some UI elements and user instructions are confusing or outdated, and there are issues displaying non-English file names. These pros and cons are frequently mentioned in the reviews.
Pros
- Lightweight and easy to use PDF viewer with a clean and simple interface.
- Supports viewing PDFs directly without needing to download files, helping to avoid clutter in downloads folder.
- Includes useful features like bookmarks and CSS customization for the viewer.
- Provides better compatibility and functionality than default PDF viewers, including spell checking in PDF forms.
- Supports keyboard shortcuts like back/forward navigation (<alt-left> & <alt-right>) for efficient use.
Cons
- Lacks advanced features such as text highlighting, commenting, editing, and signature functionality.
- No dark mode (night reading mode) and conflicts with dark reading extensions like Dark Reader.
- Missing some UI elements and user guidance is unclear or outdated (e.g., confusing menu access).
- Does not have a document loading progress bar or essential tools like text and draw tools.
- File name display issues with non-English (e.g., Japanese) characters showing as garbled text.
Permissions
This extension can:
- storage
- contextMenus
- favicon
This extension can access:
- <all_urls>
Additional Information
0.4.3
April 27, 2025
3.97 MB
deenfrnlesitplpt-BRpt-PTruzh-CNja
Developer Information
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