Two issues with firefox (pdf and downloads)

Hi,
two points bother me since a long time:
1. Reading pdf: In most cases I'm unable to read pdf-files in the browser. When I click on a link to a pdf a new tab opens and firefox loads. After some seconds the statusbar says finished (? in German it's fertig) but the window stays empty. Switching thorugh the tabs and back to the pdf results in not seeing anything but the last active tab.
I already went to the preferneces and changed the pdf viewer for "\application\pdf" from acroread to evince but this didn't solve the problem.
I'm on x86_64 so I have installed lib32-acroread from AUR. Currently I have to save the pdf and because of issue #2 I have can't open it directly and some for some pdf in the web this isn't possible.
2. Downloads: Both, double click on the downloaded file and chosing "open containig folder" don't do anything. I tried the suggested sulution here but with no success: http://rubylution.ping.de/articles/2007 … nder-linux
Thanks in advance
Barghest.
P.S.: My WM: awesome

Unfortunately there is no "save as.." in their online service.
These instructions may give back the right-click "Save Page as..." menu.
From Preferences select the Content tab and have the Enable Javascript button checked (true). Then click on the button labeled "Advanced..." From the next box that opens, uncheck "Disable or replace context menus."
I run with all the boxes unchecked and have "Open new windows in a new tab instead" set, so I almost always have the full Firefox menus available. There are a few web pages that still defeat this setup partially -- some images won't save.

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