[X4U] Setting the default pdf reader

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Just Control click on the link and download it

On Aug 2, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Stroller wrote:

>
> On 2 Aug 2006, at 00:19, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:
>> ...
>> 2) If you click on a link to a PDF in a web browser, it will use  
>> its helper
>> settings to determine whether to open the pdf in the browser  
>> window using a
>> plug-in (Adobe, Apple) or to download the file and open it in a  
>> separate
>> application (Preview, Acrobat).
>
> Ok.. this bugs me. I have disabled the Adobe Acrobat plug-in for  
> Safari but Safari still opens PDFs linked to on the web inside  
> itself. I really hate this!! (but apparently not enough to work for  
> myself out how to disable it!!)
>
> Safari is a web-browser, not a PDF reader!! And a large PDF can  
> really slow Safari down in a way that it won't if it's downloaded  
> separately and opened in Preview. What I'd really like is for a PDF  
> to be downloaded to a temp directory or browser cache and opened in  
> Preview from there. But I'd be happy to accept Safari's previous  
> behaviour of downloading the PDF to the Desktop and opening it -  
> does anyone know how to achieve this, please?
>
> Stroller.
>
>
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