PDFs always download rather than open from a browser
Since upgrading to Leopard the behavior of opening PDF files has changed and I cannot figure out how to reverse it. Before, opening a PDF in Safari or Firefox would download the file then open it automatically. I can't remember, but it may have given me both a choice to download or to open. Now I just get a download option. So I save it somewhere, then have to open it. Can anyone help me with how I can get back to opening PDFs directly when they are attached in Safari or Firefox? My default for PDFs is already set to Preview.
I don't use Safari much. I'm using FireFox, now in version 3 Release Candidate 1. It's working perfectly for me.
I'm using a Add-On named *PDF Download*. It's available thru the FireFox extensions site or here: http://www.pdfdownload.org/
It's giving me full control of PDF viewing/downloading and lets me change my prefs from a new entry it creates in the Tools menu on FireFox.
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