The Google Chrome developers introduced a native Flash plugin in their browser less than three months ago. This internal plugin improved the traditional browser plugin model. Most noteworthy from a user’s standpoint was the immediate availability after installing Google Chrome and the auto-updating of the plugin to reduce security risks because of outdated plugins. Another benefit was that the Google Chrome sandbox prevented many traditional attack forms by blocking access to the operating system.
The internal Adobe Flash plugin was only the first step to improve on the traditional browser plugin model. The Chrome developers have integrated a native PDF reader plugin, which they call Chrome PDF Viewer, in the latest Chrome dev release.
Native PDF support has the same advantages that native Flash support offers.
PDF files render like HTML web pages, allowing basic interactions (zooming, searching) with the document.
The native pdf plugin is disabled by default and needs to be enabled by going to about:plugins and selecting the enable link next to the Chrome PDF Viewer entry.
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PDF files are displayed as websites from that moment on when the user left-clicks them. The Chrome developers promise to improve the rendering quality before the Chrome PDF Viewer gets integrated into the beta and stable channels of the web browser.
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The current implementation is not supporting all advanced features of Adobe Reader. Google plans to give users a choice to launch Adobe Reader – or another pdf reader – instead if their rely on those advanced features.
The PDF functionality is using the web page rendering sandbox of Chrome to protect users from malicious documents and exploits.
Interested users can update the browser internally by clicking on the Wrench icon and then About Google Chrome or by visiting the Getting Involved page to download the latest Google Chrome dev release directly from the Chromium project server.
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