307008 - acroread plugin will not open pdf files in browser if java is disabled

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 273785

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Stewart Heckenberg]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050725 Firefox/1.0.6 (Ubuntu package 1.0.6)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050725 Firefox/1.0.6 (Ubuntu package 1.0.6)

I've worked out that if I disable java in Firefox's preferences, it prevents the
acroread plugin being loaded to open pdf files within the browser, and instead
I'm prompted to save the pdf or open it in an external viewer. Note: I'm using
Ubuntu. The problem and its eventual solution (not disabling java) are outlined
in the following thread at ubuntuforums.org:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=332447#post332447

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install the mozilla-acroread plugin
2. disable java in Firefox's preferences
3. attempt to open a pdf file in Firefox

Actual Results:  
You'll be presented with a prompt asking you to either save or open the pdf in
an external viewer.

Expected Results:  
The pdf should have opened within the browser using the acroread plugin.

I'm running Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog).
The packages (and repositories):
mozilla-firefox 1.02-0ubuntu5 (hoary) AND 1.06-0ubuntu0.1 (hoary-security)
mozilla-acroread 7.0-09~5.04ubp2 (ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net)

Comment 1

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 273785 ***