One compelling reason to switch to Firefox is the great number of free extensions which can add useful features to the application. When you install Firefox, all of your existing bookmarks are imported. Some legal users feel it is more secure than Internet Explorer. Mozilla Firefox, a free, Open Source web browser, is becoming increasingly popular in the legal community. To open PDFs from the web directly in Acrobat, uncheck “Display in browser: To change the default PDF open behavior when using a web browser: I’ll also tell you about a very useful Firefox extension that let’s you choose- on the fly- whether you would like a PDF to open in the browser or in Acrobat.
Read on to learn how to change Preferences. It is easy to change the way that Acrobat opens files from the browser by modifying Preferences. Some eFiling sites require running in the browser, but other applications require opening the PDF directly in Acrobat. The default behavior does not suit the needs of all legal users. By default, PDF files opened from a web page display inside the browser window with a limited toolbar:
