PDF Download 3.0 out now. Take the tour
This week in our continuing free PDF software adventures, we have a big update to our popular add-on for Web browsers. PDF Download 3.0 has a bunch of new features with the biggest one letting you view PDF files directly in your Web browser without resorting to a special PDF viewer. It works with Firefox, Internet Explorer and Flock, and is available for immediate download.
Take the tour
Feature highlights
- View PDF Online. View the exact contents and layout of Web-based PDF files straight in your Web browser, without using a dedicated PDF viewer. (This is the major update to the product and a demo is included in the tour video.)
- Enable/disable PDF Download. Turn PDF Download on/off faster from the Status bar in your browser.
- Exclude sites. Use an exclusion list to automatically turn off PDF Download for individual sites.
- Improved PDF handling. More reliably handle the PDF files you encounter online. Use the options to detect PDF files based on the filename or MIME type.
- Better user experience. We’ve further improved the usability of PDF Download to make working with Web-based PDF files even more pain free.


This is such a cool plugin. I sometimes have problems opening PDF files in my browser, but now I can just download them instead.
October 14, 2009It’s a great plugin. I sometimes have problems opening up a PDF file in my browser, and PDF Download makes it so easy to just download the file instead.
October 15, 2009This is such a cool plugin. I sometimes have problems opening PDF files in my browser, but now I can just download them instead.
October 15, 2009I've been using foxit, but am going to download and trial PDF Download 3.0, goodness knows, I've been threatening to do it long enough
It makes good sense to have all your PDF tools come from the same stable, and I have been enjoying the PDF creator.
April 13, 2010I've been using foxit, but am going to download and trial PDF Download 3.0, goodness knows, I've been threatening to do it long enough
It makes good sense to have all your PDF tools come from the same stable, and I have been enjoying the PDF creator.
April 13, 2010