One of the most annoying things I hate in chm files, is the fact that you can not read this file if it has a # character in the file name.
In the image bellow you can clearly see that application fails to render the text of the book.
The file name was C# Cookbook, 2nd Edition (Cookbooks (O’Reilly))#AUTHORS#Jay Hilyard#ISBN#0596100639#LIST##TAGS#.chm
This bug is old and well known, but not yet fixed in windows XP. I guess the system which renders
the text confused by # since it used as an an anchor sign to bookmark on the page.
I would like to introduce my solution to this annoying problem: CHM Reader for Firefox. This is nice and small plugin which can be downloaded from Firefox Add-ons page.
It is installable with one click and will be updated automatically if a newer version available.
Usage is very simple: File Open chm files
Please notice that you can use all your standard Firefox habits in order to navigate between tabs and search within the page.
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