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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / General Topics / May 2008foxit reader & firefox
On my XP machines I have Firefox and foxit reader installed. When I launch a pdf file while in Firefox, foxit reader displays the pdf file as a new tab. I can't seem to get the same thing to work on my Vista machine. I did find a firefox extension called PDF Download but I don't like the advertisement from the supplier. How do I get this to work in Vista without the need for an extension. Foxit does seem to work with IE7 but not with Firefox. thanks, Laura What's wrong with Adobe Acrobat Reader for your PDF viewing? It is free and has no ads. > On my XP machines I have Firefox and foxit reader installed. When I launch > a pdf file while in Firefox, foxit reader displays the pdf file as a new [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > thanks, > Laura I have that installed too but it would not launch any pdf files. It kept erroring out and locking up FF. BTW, Foxit reader is also free and uses much less resources than adobe. > What's wrong with Adobe Acrobat Reader for your PDF viewing? It is free > and has no ads. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> thanks, >> Laura It sounds like your trouble is Firefox. As a test, uninstall Firefox and see if IE will launch Foxit and/or Adobe. I'm not suggesting you take the giant leap backwards to IE, but it would be a good test to see if the apps work without Firefox. Firefox is essentially a Netscape experience, that was my impression of it, and I did not like it at all but I realize it has a loyal following that would not want IE. >I have that installed too but it would not launch any pdf files. It kept >erroring out and locking up FF. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>> thanks, >>> Laura /Laura/ said: > On my XP machines I have Firefox and foxit reader installed. When I launch a > pdf file while in Firefox, foxit reader displays the pdf file as a new tab. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > How do I get this to work in Vista without the need for an extension. Foxit > does seem to work with IE7 but not with Firefox. Confirming YES with IE7, NO with Firefox. Additionally, operates the same with SeaMonkey, a close cousin of Firefox. So it appears that fault lies with the way Gecko-based browsers treat this operation on Vista. > /Laura/ said: >> On my XP machines I have Firefox and foxit reader installed. When I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > fault lies with the way Gecko-based browsers treat this operation on > Vista. Thanks for the confirmation. I will just live with the extension for now. oh, well. Wow. You are a better woman than I am. You are going to stick with a half-baked solution instead of going with something industry standard that works because (I guess) of your principles. If you are so resource constrained I suggest you increase your resources. And by the way, don't forgot about the extra resources FireFox uses because of memory leaks. > > /Laura/ said: > >> On my XP machines I have Firefox and foxit reader installed. When I [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks for the confirmation. I will just live with the extension for now. > oh, well. I use Firefox primarily because IE is such a security risk. I also love the tabs that it offers. My XP machines will never see IE7 because it causes too many problems with other programs. I don't consider using a FF extension a half-baked solution. Those extensions are the way to customize the progrm. I'm sure if I mess around with it long enough I will get FF to display pdf files inline without the need for an extension. > Wow. You are a better woman than I am. You are going to stick with a > half-baked solution instead of going with something industry standard that [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> Thanks for the confirmation. I will just live with the extension for now. >> oh, well. Hi. Me again. If you are still using Foxit because IE is "insecure", it would be a good time to stop until they patch the highly critial vulnerability in the upcoming version 2.3. http://secunia.com/advisories/29941/ > I use Firefox primarily because IE is such a security risk. I also love the > tabs that it offers. My XP machines will never see IE7 because it causes too [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >> Thanks for the confirmation. I will just live with the extension for now. > >> oh, well. I can't get it to open in a new tab either. BTW, how can you stop the Firefox download window opening when you open a pdf file? It never did that with Adobe and seems to serve no purpose. |
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