[Opera-Linux] Re: Opera & PDF's

[Glen Merrick]

I have set opera to pass pdf's either off to acrobat reader or to simply
download them. then I open them. I find the inline reader clunky in all
browsers and prefer to have the full pdf locally to read.
> Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 13:17:46 +0530
> From: "Parameshwara Bhat" <peebhat at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Opera-Linux] Opera needs many re-loading before displaying
> 	pdf	files.
> To: opera-linux at opera.com, opera-users at opera.com
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> Hello List,
>
> The current version of Opera behaves strangely with respect to display of  
> pdf files.The plugin is available and is correctly listed by opera.You  
> click on a pdf link,it downloads and quietly sits with a blank.You reload  
> 4-5 times again and again,pdf file is loaded and displayed.If the first  
> document is displayed,in that session, no problem there displaying pdf  
> files again .In the next session,problem repeats.
>
> As I have faced the problem both at home and office on different computers  
> and different OSes ( All Linux,but Fedora/Ubuntu/OpenSUSE ),I think the  
> problem lies in Opera. In the same context,firefox has no problem at all  
> and that excludes Acrobat Reader Plugin from sources of problem.
>
> I have observed this problem for quite some time now, perhaps this has  
> started with Opera 9.x series, but I cannot exactly tell.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Parameshwara Bhat
>
>