gPDF is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to read PDF files in your browser without a plugin. It scans pages for the links and then redirects them to Google Docs in built PDF viewer.
After installation there is very little to configure with this smart little plugin – you simply browse to a page with a PDF link and you can see when you mouse-over a link that it is now set to open in Google Docs.
It is difficult to find fault with this extension. As it doesn’t actually follow the links it finds on the pages, on slightly annoying factor is that sometimes the PDF link doesn’t work – this is due to some download managers taking the URL of a file that they want to monitor and adding it to the URL, like this:
http://www.website.com/downloadmanager.php?document.pdf
To the gPDF extension, this looks like a PDF file, but actually it is not, and so it will not open in Google Docs.
Apart from this small thing, however, the software is sound and seamless. It’s clear that developers are quickly making plugins and addons for Chrome to bring it up to some ‘industry standards’.
You can download the file directly below, or visit the developer’s website to find out some more information about the extension.
gPDF Chrome extension
Direct download – http://blog.arpitnext.com/get-gpdf/gPDF.crx
Homepage – http://blog.arpitnext.com/gpdf
