GMail reads PDF… WITHOUT using Acrobat

December 13, 2008 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

The gang at Google just continues to impress. As if GMail didn’t rock you like a hurricane already it now supports viewing PDF’s in your Web browser. Anybody who knows me knows that I HATE HATE HATE PDF’s. The documents are rediculously heavy and require an application to load. GMail’s “in-browser” PDF viewer is uber fast, includes a search feature, lets you download or print the PDF, zoom in and out, as well as quick paging via next/previous arrows.

About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

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