On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:33:02 -0200, MCBastos wrote: > Interviewed by CNN on 13/02/2012 16:56, Philip TAYLOR told the world: > >> I would add the Adobe PDF reader plug-in to this list; I believe >> that it is as just as mainstream as Flash & Java, and almost >> certainly more mainstream than Silverlight. I have no idea >> whether Adobe yet off a 64-bit version of the plug-in. > > Well... PDF is a bit more tractable problem, since there are several > vendors -- if Adobe won't release a 64-bit plugin, Foxit might, for > instance. Or Tracker (makers of PDF Xchange Viewer). Or even somebody > will take the GPL'd Sumatra and turn it into a plugin. And there's > always the pdf.js project, which should work right off the bat (although > the current version still lacks many features of current PDF viewers). > > And anyway, (temporarily) losing the capability to see PDFs inside the > browser would not be as big a problem. Java, Flash and Silverlight are > used to "enhance" web pages, that is, they interact with other content, > so some sites break horribly without those plugins. Not having embedded > PDF just means you open the document in a separate window. > > In fact, I don't even see the point of having a PDF plug-in. Opening the > PDF in the browser is a bad user experience, in my opinion. I have > disabled mine and never missed it -- opening a locally-cached copy of > the file in a separate viewer window is MUCH better.
The current plan is to ship native support for PDF with Firefox some time this year using pdf.js as the basis (a PDF reader written entirely in Javascript). Phil -- Philip Chee <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
