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		JorgeGT on Nov 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Scholarref tools – never deal with journa... > clicking the "Download PDF" link should redirect the user to an unusable in-browser PDF viewer Pro tip: in Elsevier's case, middle-click the "Download PDF" link so it opens in a new tab. Briefly avoid switching to that tab until it does some redirects. Voilà, you get the actual PDF instead of the stupid viewer. This looks like fantastic software btw, I wish more people would release their tools as old school POSIX-style shell scripts instead of asking for hundreds of MBs of dependencies or fancy electron GUIs.

btrettel on Nov 15, 2019 [–]

Which browser are you using for the Elsevier trick? This doesn't work for me in Firefox.

Edit: Middle click doesn't work for me in Firefox, but opening in a new tab via the right-click menu does.

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