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I hope somebody makes a Firefox addon which lets me right-click on a PDF link and select "Preview" using the Google previewer.

• Maro 17y ago
  There's this, but it sucks: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10737 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10737 You click a link and it first does some communicatin with Google Docs to get some kind of security token, so it takes 2-3 seconds for the new tab to come up. EDIT: A kickass version, just uploaded it to the Firefox Addons site: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/14226/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/14226/
  • blasdel 17y ago
    I think that addon is worse than you describe: doesn't it add the files to your logged-in Google Docs account, and do so by uploading said files from localhost?
    • Maro 17y ago
      You're right, I just checked my Google Docs and it added the files. The hacked version just opens the URL and passes in the PDF url as a HTTP param.
      • pasbesoin 17y ago
        You mean the second link in your granparent post, right? Thanks for that -- works for me. I was looking for something like this just the other day.
• blasdel 17y ago
  But I don't want to right-click -- adding bloat to the chrome is entirely the wrong way to go about doing this, but unfortunately Mozilla has a bug up their ass and won't let you do it right as an extension. The right way is to register application/pdf in the browser -- which you can only really do with a native-compiled NPAPI plugin. It looks like it is possible to package them inside a extension xpi, but I'm not sure if addons.mozilla.org will distribute such things.