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One of the big problems with Google Chrome is the lack of inline PDF support on most platforms. Google has added preliminary support for PDF to Chromium but so far it has not come to Linux. It may come tomorrow, but until then, users who would like to avoid using acroread may use the following hack, at least on Ubuntu Lucid. As always, your mileage may vary.

The fix is a simple tweak to the /etc/mozpluggerrc file:

The commented line is the original. The replacement is what seems to load evince with the file in a tab in chromium-daily right now on Lucid. I installed mozplugger but not acroread. You could make this change other ways; they are left as an exercise to the reader. This will prevent acrobat reader from loading even if it is installed, which some may find desirable. Keystrokes never reach the embedded application, but this will prevent you only from searching within the file. This is annoying! But at least it works, unlike the default means of loading evince via mozplugger.