Thread: Can't open PDFs in Firefox sent from Mobileread
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Old 10-14-2014, 11:41 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
Harry - Peter determined that the problem was NOT mime type

I think Moz changed something - it used to be I had a choices, now if the reader is enabled the only choice is display with Firefox, enable/disable the reader means futzing with extensions or about:config - PITA

I've been using Chrome to read market reports, but I dislike switching between 2 browsers, and I prefer the firefox PDF reader. When that calibre PI pdf wouldn't display in FF I thought - ah-ah here maybe a chance to solve this problem.

As far as MR is concerned there's nothing to do.

BR
I don't remember FF ever asking you to open it.

You can change it from Preferences ==> Applications, from Preview in Firefox to Save or Always Ask or whatever. No need for about:config



Personally, I think it makes sense to display the file however the user has it set by default. If you don't want it to display in pdf.js, then you can change that option. But to open certain ones at random, based on the whim of the server, is counterintuitive.

Thanks PeterT for the plugin.
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