Why no PDF viewer for Firefox4 for Mac?

I used to use the PDF viewing plug-in with Firefox 3.X but it seems there is no similar plug-in available for 4.X. Am I missing something? I tried downloading OpenIT, but it was truly awful. Why is Firefox so far behind on such a basic yet essential capability? I am about to either revert to 3.X or replace Firefox with Safari.

Try installing
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/
And then
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pdf-plugin-for-firefox-on-mac-/

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