Description
Uses HTML5 to display PDF files directly in the browser.
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Overall Rank
Extension Rank
"Viewer" Keyword
"Version" Keyword
"Summarize Pdf" Keyword
"Sheets Extension" Keyword
"Sheets Erweiterung" Keyword
"Pdf" Keyword
"Google Search" Keyword
"Google Chrome" Keyword
"Google" Keyword
"File" Keyword
"Document" Keyword
"Details" Keyword
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Review Summary
Users appreciate this extension as a lightweight, smoother alternative to Chrome's built-in PDF viewer that effectively opens PDFs in-browser, supports complex languages like Arabic, and avoids forced downloads. However, multiple users note issues with poor print quality, recent changes causing forced downloads instead of in-browser viewing, occasional malfunction or breakage after updates, and missing useful features such as 'Save As' functionality. Overall, it improves PDF handling but has drawbacks affecting consistent usability and printing.
Pros
- Effectively prevents PDFs from being forced to download, allowing viewing in the browser tab instead.
- Lighter, faster, and smoother than Chrome's built-in PDF viewer.
- Supports displaying PDFs with languages (e.g., Arabic) better than some default viewers.
- Allows reading PDFs online without needing to download first, improving convenience.
- Good integration with ownCloud and provides annotation features.
Cons
- Print quality from this PDF viewer is very poor compared to other viewers.
- Recently, the extension started forcing downloads instead of opening PDFs in a new tab, negatively impacting usability.
- Some users report the extension stops working or breaks after updates or over time.
- Changing URLs in the address bar when viewing PDFs makes copying URLs difficult for users needing to cite sources.
- Lack of certain features like a "Save As" button or disabling download prompts limits flexibility.
Permissions
This extension can:
- alarms
- declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
- webRequest
- tabs
- webNavigation
- storage
This extension can access:
- <all_urls>
Additional Information
4.6.129
October 28, 2024
3.21 MB
en
Developer Information
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