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Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by fbdab103 »

TrianguloY wrote: post #14

Great! It only took them (checks revisions) 2 years to migrate the feature from the old fennec version. Seriously though, I'm happy they are making progress and restoring the missing functionality, even if it takes them time. I still miss the dedicated "view-source" button (the feature is ready, but you need to remember the url and then write it) and the swipe to see history/bookmarks directly, but the version is now…

But can I (again) open said PDF inside Firefox? Last I checked, the ability to open local files had been removed -which was maddening.

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by xnx »

Would love to have the ability to save webpage (complete) in Firefox again. Currently I'm using SingleFile/SingleFileZ add-ons (and all the hoops you have to jump through to enable those), but they're a lot slower than Chrome mobile which now has the ability to save a page as .mhtml

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by ArmandTanzarian »

jdfedgon wrote: post #23

Well, took them ages. Not impressed because the feature is not complete. As of yet, save as PDF cannot save from within the reader view. I know this is whataboutism but I wish they would have delivered on anti-(canvas-)fingerprinting instead of PDF print.

Seems like people on this site are obsessed with the term "whataboutism" (a rhetorical device used to win arguments which is not being employed here).

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by nazgulsenpai »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #22

Cool feature, although I note with some irony that once I have the PDF downloaded, I still have to then use Google's Drive PDF reader or some other tool to open it. Maybe work on a full stack PDF renderer like the desktop version has, Mozilla?

They already have a pdf reader they could add with ease https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by marcjuul »

Nice feature but what is the use case for saving to PDF? If you want to save a web page for later offline reading then epub would be both much easier to implement and more useful given that it retains ability to reflow to fit different screen sizes. Are there good reasons to prefer a non-reflowable format?

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by saint_yossarian »

TrianguloY wrote: post #14

Great! It only took them (checks revisions) 2 years to migrate the feature from the old fennec version. Seriously though, I'm happy they are making progress and restoring the missing functionality, even if it takes them time. I still miss the dedicated "view-source" button (the feature is ready, but you need to remember the url and then write it) and the swipe to see history/bookmarks directly, but the version is now…

I still miss the tab queue, and the ability to send an URL to another Firefox device from another app, without having to open it in Firefox Android first.

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by cpeterso »

fbdab103 wrote: post #21
TrianguloY wrote: post #14

Great! It only took them (checks revisions) 2 years to migrate the feature from the old fennec version. Seriously though, I'm happy they are making progress and restoring the missing functionality, even if it takes them time. I still miss the dedicated "view-source" button (the feature is ready, but you need to remember the url and then write it) and the swipe to see history/bookmarks directly, but the version is now…

But can I (again) open said PDF inside Firefox? Last I checked, the ability to open local files had been removed -which was maddening.

Reading PDF files (using PDF.js) is being tested in Firefox Nightly for Android.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1754499

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