Need an in-browser PDF reader? Sure you could go with Adobe Reader, but who wants that bloated mess? If you want something quick, built in and simple you need to go with the Nodobe add-on for Firefox.
At this time Nodobe support 38 different file format:
Adobe PDF:
pdf
Microsoft Office:
doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx
Images:
png, jpg, gif, tif, bmp, ppm, xpm
Vector Graphics:
eps, ras
Text Files:
txt
OpenOffice:
odt, odf, ott, odg, odp, stw, sxw, std, sxd, sti, sxi, sxc
StarOffice:
sda, sdd, sdw, vor
OpenDocument:
otg, stp, ods, pts
You can pick up the Nodobe Viewer on its official web site or the Firefox Add-ons web site. Free yourself from Adobe, and give it a shot today. Also if you know of anymore Adobe Reader alternatives, be sure to share!
I should try this. (Although the logo is ugly.)
Thanks, Mitch!
Looks like the conversion is done on Vuzit’s server and a username/logon is required. A nice idea but I think I’ll pass.
I dislike access to whatever document to be tightened to a browser. And Adobe Reader — amongst alternatives — works just fine here, even if in its lite version. My computer is a PC and it will never be a workstation otherwise than workstation as opposed to server. Moreover, there may be confidential information in data, and I hate confidential data flying over the seven skies of the Web, otherwise than strongly encrypted. So no to Nodobe, but thanks for mentioning.