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i've stumbled upon PDF.js a while ago because i was looking for js tool that allows me to extract data from pdfs... sadly i'm still looking for a good lib to do just that.
iText has a lot of tools for extracting info from PDFs. We use it extensively.
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iText has a lot of tools for extracting info from PDFs. We use it extensively.
I have used iText(sharp) for several years. It works very well.
1) From a technical perspective, this is damn cool - exceedingly well done. Color me very impressed. 2) I hope I never actually see anyone using this on a website, attempting to make things "easier." Between Scribd and Slideshare, and Adobe trying to force its hideous crash-prone plugins into my browser, there are already enough people making a mess out of what is one of the more well-thought-out aspects of OS X. Giv…
I think Firefox has been shipping with this for awhile to view PDFs. It may be an about:config value you have to turn on though.
- renders very well
- is extremely slow on large documents with images, but pretty good with text-only ones
- offers a more integrated experience than Adobe's plugin
I think it's very promising, and I look forward to seeing it become more polished.
1) From a technical perspective, this is damn cool - exceedingly well done. Color me very impressed. 2) I hope I never actually see anyone using this on a website, attempting to make things "easier." Between Scribd and Slideshare, and Adobe trying to force its hideous crash-prone plugins into my browser, there are already enough people making a mess out of what is one of the more well-thought-out aspects of OS X. Giv…
Personally I wish all sites used this instead of scribd/slideshare or opening up external programs. This will just work on different browsers, different OS etc. Plus you can send links like this: http://mozilla.github.com/pdf.js/web/viewer.html#page=6&... To send a user to s specific part of the page. Right now usually you just send the pdf link and have to say, "check out the image on page 6". Keeping the pdf in the…
i've stumbled upon PDF.js a while ago because i was looking for js tool that allows me to extract data from pdfs... sadly i'm still looking for a good lib to do just that.
Now if someone would just do this for .docx, .xlsx, and such I'd be set.