Re: Safari and PDF

From:	Tamara Temple	Date:	Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:44:40 +0000
Subject:	Re: Safari and PDF
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On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:36:58 +0000, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> sent:

On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 23:15 +0100, Matijn Woudt wrote:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:08 PM, HallMarc Websites <marc@hallmarcwebsites.com> wrote:
I'm sure everyone here is aware that the latest Mac OS and Safari
5.1.x do not support opening PDFs in the browser window with Acrobat Reader plugin anymore. It is now necessary to open them with Preview instead. My question is this, does anyone know if it is possible to force Safari to use Preview with PHP?

On the face of it, if you are writing a PHP application for others to use, *forcing* a particular behaviour on them (on *their* own machine) is probably not a good idea. Why not let the user deal with this as they see fit? One can go way too far trying to ensure a uniform experience among users, who may not even care what other users are experiencing. One size *never* fits all.