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Is Google Docs now the new scribd when it comes to PDF links on HN? Give the real URL and note that it is a PDF in the title!
by evgen 17y ago
Is Google Docs now the new scribd when it comes to PDF links on HN? Give the real URL and note that it is a PDF in the title!
- imurray 17y agoGive the real URL and note that it is a PDF in the title! Agreed. Personally I much prefer Google's viewer to scribd (no flash!) but I’d still rather a link to the original pdf. I can (and do) add my own Google viewer links in with greasemonkey ( http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~murray/code/#googleviewer http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~murray/code/#googleviewer ).
- raganwald 17y agoSorry, I was just passing the link along as it was passed to me. I have no objection to someone else reposting it or to a moderator modifying the link here.
- snprbob86 17y agoI would never have noticed. I've been using the Chrome extension to open PDFs in Google docs for weeks now. Chrome is now my preferred PDF reader. It is fast, usable, and lives where I live: in my browser.
- jf 17y agoWhere do I find this plugin? A quick search doesn't find any useful results.
- imurray 17y agoMaybe he meant: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nnbmlagghjjcbdhgmkedmbmedengocbn https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nnbmlagghjjcbdhg... ? For me that’s the top hit at http://www.google.com/search?q=chrome+extension+pdf http://www.google.com/search?q=chrome+extension+pdf The greasemonkey script I linked above behaves a bit differently, but also works in Chrome.
- snprbob86 17y agoYup, that's it.