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Opens all PDF files directly in the browser instead of downloading them. Fork of the original 'No PDF Download' extension with fixes.

While most PDF files can be viewed directly in the browser, some PDFs will trigger a "Save as"-dialog or will be downloaded automatically. This addon views all PDF files directly in the browser. You can still save the PDF by pressing Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S) after viewing them.

Please make sure that the setting under "Firefox > Preferences > Applications > PDF" is set to "Preview in Firefox" in order for this addon to work.

Some web servers are misconfigured and do not tell the browser that a file is a PDF. In this case the file will still be downloaded even when this addon is active.
If this happens, you can report it as a potential issue on the linked support page (GitHub).

Changes from the original extension version:

• Properly support more sites:
  
  • Dropbox
  • Google Docs "Print" functionality and other products.
  • Amazon cloud
  • itch.io
  • various universities
• Allow forcing downloads and disabling the extension by clicking on the browser action icon.

Permissions:

• Requires the "Access your data for all websites" because it needs to check if any request is potentially a PDF (and in that case modify it to prevent it from being downloaded).

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