Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site.

We can’t connect to the server at www.myhomepage.com.

If that address is correct, here are three other things you can try:

Try again later. Check your network connection. If you are connected but behind a firewall, check that Firefox has permission to access the Web.

This is what I get if the click on the link to page 7.

Chrome says this:

This site can’t be reached The webpage at http://www.myhomepage.com/pdffilename.pdf#page=7 might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. Search Google for my homepage pdf filename ERR_NAME_RESOLUTION_FAILED

Firefox is capable of displaying PDF files. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox With a new installation of Firefox the user doesn't have to do anything, Firefox will automatically use the built-in PDF reader add-on. But once a user "tells Firefox" via preferences to use Adobe, that will be used. Adobe Reader Plugin hasn't worked in Firefox for a few years now, so you complaint about that is no longer valid.

But being able to load a specific page in a PDF file just isn't possible via a a href command in Firefox; that type of command doesn't get passed thru the built-in add-on for viewing PDF files inside of Firefox.

Okay. My homepage link is actually like this:

<a href="http://www.dragt.dk/assets/PDF-filer/Dragtjournalen-nr.-16.pdf#page=79">Esthers

   artikel</a> i Dragtjournalen  nr. 16, 2018. Se side 78 - 94.

Google Crome shows page 79 perfectly, but Firefox just shows page 1. This is a pity, since my senior readers mostly use a Firefox without extensions.

Did your answer mean that it is impossible to make Firefox show specific page in a PDF file by programming html? Or what?

Greetings from TorbenA

torbenA said

Esthers artikel

Hmm, that link worked for me (right-click > Open Link in a New Private Window). I'm attaching a screenshot from Firefox 64 (on Windows 7).

My Firefox is a Firefox Quantum 64.0 (64 bit) Danish version. My laptop runs Windows 10.

Even if I now used ' (right-click > Open Link in a New Private Window)' it still shows page 1 instead of 79.

Could there be a bug in the danish version? Or an inconsistency with Windows 10?

Greatings TorbenA

I wish I knew what causes the problem. If you look at the address bar after following the link, does it still have #page=79 on the end?

In the following article, I don't see any reference to this feature working differently on different language versions of Firefox: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Viewer-options

Earlier you mentioned being forced to use Adobe Reader. If the PDF isn't opening in Firefox's built-in viewer, please see this article:

View PDF files using Firefox’s built-in viewer

If the setting isn't followed, sometimes it helps to change the setting to Save File and then reload the Options page (Ctrl+r) and change it back to Preview in Firefox.

And thanks again! TorbenA

I forgot to post before clicking 'problem solved'. I changed to Firefox's built-in PDF viewer, and it solver the problem. Thanks! TorbenA

Oh, great. the-edmeister mentioned that this is the default setting, so hopefully most of your users will already be set up that way.