The extension bridges the gap between web browsing and professional document management:
If the Acrobat plugin crashed now, only the tab died. The browser survived. This technology, pioneered to save Firefox from Adobe’s plugin, is now standard in Chrome and Edge. The Acrobat plugin was the villain that forced the web to build better armor. firefox acrobat plugin
The most interesting—and infuriating—aspect of this plugin was its fragility. Because the plugin operated outside of Firefox’s main memory management (a concept known as "out-of-process" execution wasn't standard yet), a single malformed PDF could annihilate your entire browsing session. The extension bridges the gap between web browsing