Search in PDF is broken since this update. I must go through the whole document for Firefox to load it up and being able to search in it. Couldn't find a similar issue on Bugzilla. Anyone having the same problem?
Embedded PDF viewer in Firefox 81 supports filling forms
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#12I find the built-in PDF reader in Firefox to be bloat. It's OK, it works 95% of the time, but really I want to use a native PDF viewer. Is there a version of Firefox that removes this bloat? Given that Mozilla is very resource constrained, why are they working on features that aren't necessary?
I find it extremely convenient. Also I know a lot of security issues in PDF viewers are effectively solved by running it in the browser's JS sandbox.
You could also disable Firefox's built-in PDF viewer and instead use an external PDF viewer that doesn't even support Javascript.
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#13Is there something hard about fillable forms on PDF? Why have a PDF viewer at all if it couldn't fill out a form?
While PDF is an open format on paper, in practice it's as proprietary as any ancient format. Supporting it in full is not trivial.
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#14Chrome has had this forever, right?
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#15I looked into coding PDFs once. Then I closed my MacBook (Pro) and went for a long walk into the ocean. I think I almost got to America, but then I turned and swam back again. Turnd out I had just fallen asleep and had a nightmare. I was actually just working with regular text files, and everything was fine.
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#16I wold like to see a version that allows forms to be signed
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#17Why is Firefox spending all their money and goodwill on a piece of technology that should be done away with?
PDF is a dork. It's an accessibility nightmare with no obvious advantage over simple ordinary webpages. Somewhere in the comments below, it is mentioned that supporting PDFs is a non-trivial piece of technology. May be! Even steam engines have non-trivial technology under the hood.
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#18I looked into coding PDFs once. Then I closed my MacBook (Pro) and went for a long walk into the ocean. I think I almost got to America, but then I turned and swam back again. Turnd out I had just fallen asleep and had a nightmare. I was actually just working with regular text files, and everything was fine.
As someone still working with PDF processing, I can confirm that it doesn't get easier.
Re: Embedded PDF viewer in Firefox 81 supports filling forms
#19Why is Firefox spending all their money and goodwill on a piece of technology that should be done away with? PDF is a dork. It's an accessibility nightmare with no obvious advantage over simple ordinary webpages. Somewhere in the comments below, it is mentioned that supporting PDFs is a non-trivial piece of technology. May be! Even steam engines have non-trivial technology under the hood.
There are lots of use cases for PDF where a web page is totally unsuitable.
Re: Embedded PDF viewer in Firefox 81 supports filling forms
#20Why is Firefox spending all their money and goodwill on a piece of technology that should be done away with? PDF is a dork. It's an accessibility nightmare with no obvious advantage over simple ordinary webpages. Somewhere in the comments below, it is mentioned that supporting PDFs is a non-trivial piece of technology. May be! Even steam engines have non-trivial technology under the hood.
PDF is widely used and supported. And FWIW, edge does support it.