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Possible to disable the Blackboard PDF viewer?

  • 24-09-2011 06:27PM
    #1
    Croppy Bhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 436 ✭✭


    On the new Blackboard, whenever I click into a PDF of lecture notes or assignments etc, it opens in this gammy little Blackboard Acrobat viewer rather than giving me the option to download it/open with my own PDF viewer. It's one of the super new features on this amazing new Blackboard they just had to install (because lecturers had such a good grasp of how to use the old one...).

    I can Save As once it's opened in the browser, but lord knows that takes effort.


Comments

  • #2
    Croppy Bhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 436 ✭✭Croppy Bhoy


    Honestly what is this crap. I just want to download the PDF rather than have to view it using about 60% of my screen.


  • #3
    ISS Service Desk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭ISS Service Desk


    Hi. Do you see this problem within the University PC Suites, or on own laptop?

    Can you drop down to us or open a ticket at http://servicedesk.nuigalway.ie describing the specifics of the issue you're having and we'll look into it.

    Thanks,

    ISS Service Desk


  • #4
    Croppy Bhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 436 ✭✭Croppy Bhoy


    ISS Service Desk wrote: »
    Hi. Do you see this problem within the University PC Suites, or on own laptop?

    Can you drop down to us or open a ticket at http://servicedesk.nuigalway.ie describing the specifics of the issue you're having and we'll look into it.

    Thanks,

    ISS Service Desk
    Both.

    It isn't a malfunction, just a needless feature that I was hoping to disable.


  • #5
    groundhurling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭groundhurling


    If you use firefox got to tools->options->applications tthen go to adobe reader and change it to save only.


  • #6
    Tarjh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭Tarjh


    Right click --> save link/file as?


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  • #7
    Croppy Bhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 436 ✭✭Croppy Bhoy


    groundhurling wrote: »
    If you use firefox got to tools->options->applications tthen go to adobe reader and change it to save only.
    Sorted, cheers. This is what I was trying before only I forgot to change it for both Acrobat and Foxit.
    Tarjh wrote: »
    Right click --> save link/file as?
    Nope that would just try and save a Javascript file or something.


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