[MacTUG] Using the latest FireFox with FORE and acrobat reader

[Stephen Nickerson]

Hi all,

I have done some experimentation with Safari and Firefox with the FORE 
system.

A draft document of possible solutions can be found on our twiki:
   https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/FORESystemCompatibilityOnMac

Regards,
Stephen

On 2014-11-19, 10:24 AM, Dani Roloson wrote:
> People using FORE need to do drill-down (click on a link in a PDF to 
> open a PDF with more detail).
> The only solution is Safari with Acrobat (Preview seems to work now).
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca 
> [mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca] on behalf of Keith Peck 
> [kdpeck at uwaterloo.ca]
> *Sent:* November 17, 2014 14:11
> *To:* Glenn Anderson
> *Cc:* MacTUG (mactug at mailman.uwaterloo.ca)
> *Subject:* Re: [MacTUG] Using the latest FireFox with FORE and acrobat 
> reader
>
> Hi Glenn,
>
> Sounds like the default action to handle PDFs got switched to use 
> Adobe Acrobat. Here's how you should be able to set it back to the 
> Firefox plugin...
>
> 1.Open Firefox.
>
> 2.Click on "Firefox" on the menu near the top-left corner of the 
> display, and then click "Preferences..." from the drop-down list.
>
> 3.Click on the "Applications" tab (4^th from left) in the Preferences 
> window.
>
> 4.Scroll down the Content Type list to find "Portable Document Format 
> (PDF)"
>
> 5.Set the Action to be "*Use Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in, Version 
> 11.0.09 (in Firefox)*" from the drop-down list.
>
> 6.Close the Preferences window.
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca 
> [mailto:mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca] On Behalf Of Glenn Anderson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:47 AM
> To: mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca
> Subject: [MacTUG] Using the latest FireFox with FORE and acrobat reader
>
> I have gotten a report that the latest version of FireFox ( version 
> 33.x ) is causing problems for users of the FORE system as the .pdfs 
> don't open within the browser using the Acrobat plugin, but instead 
> open outside the browser in Acrobat itself. It sounds like the 
> standard issue/problem that has come up at several meeting.
>
> Does anyone have a solution to this situation/configuration that they 
> can recommend?
>
> Thanks
>
> Glenn Anderson
>
> IST
>
> University of Waterloo
>
> 518-888-4567 x33327
>
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Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF)
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