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I don't know of any open source PDF reader plug-in for any browser. So I installed adobe acrobat, which I think it's not open source or is it?
There are good open source PDF readers like Okular or XPDF, so
I think it wouldn't be so hard to make plug-in at least for Firefox if not for all other browsers..
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Adys wrote on the 13 May 08 at 21:21
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An Evince plug-in was in the works IIRC, but don't remember where i read that.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 13 May 08 at 22:04
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Adobe Acrobat is not open source. Plus, its slow as hell.
I would not install crappy, proprietary software like Adobe Acrobat on my system.
Why have a plugin, isn't a stand-alone application good?
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fragro wrote on the 13 May 08 at 22:14
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An Evince Plugin would be nice!
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yzarc wrote on the 13 May 08 at 22:24
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what's wrong with using Evince out of the browser? merging browser and pdf view just increase the risk of your browser to freeze or crash.(like often happens)
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macros wrote on the 13 May 08 at 23:34
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KPdf works in Konqueror.
should be easy to include it also in FF
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Auzy wrote on the 14 May 08 at 00:27
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Adobe acrobat reader on every platform recently has been having problems.. On windows it's way too slaw and foxit seems to be taking over, OSX comes with preview which is much faster then adobe acrobat for mac (and I have never seen acrobat for mac be able to print at all, it just doesn't do anything), and well, acrobat for linux, is acrobat for linux.. no comment...
I agree with this idea totally.
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sawjew2 wrote on the 14 May 08 at 03:01
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I have been using evince as a browser plugin for about two years now using mozplugger.
Just sudo apt-get install mozplugger and evince now has a browser plugin.
All it would take is to use the mozplugger code to build a specific evince plugin, it shouldn't be too hard.
+1
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mp3phish wrote on the 14 May 08 at 03:12
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what does a plugin do that a standalone app doesn't? In fact, isn't it true that the fact acrobat is a plugin detrimental to the use of acrobat? In fact, isn't the acrobat reader the known culprit of the largest number of browser crashes and freezes of any other mainstream plugin?
These answers are "true". It is pointless for it to be a plugin because then it must run inside the browser's process and it can then crash the browser. instead, you should open PDF's in the standalone application and the only difference is a lighter weight browsing session, and a more stable browsing session.
I guess people think that since its a plugin in windows, that the only way to read a PDF is via plugin. Guess what? That is actually the most unpreferred way, and most people I know actively go in and DISABLE the browser plugins on windows, specifically to make it open in a seperate window. Hmmmm, not a bad idea ehh?
+1 for the "feel goodness" of the idea
-2 because even with the feel goodness of the idea, it would be detrimental to the system if implemented even perfectly.
net gain: -1.
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broomfighter wrote on the 14 May 08 at 04:22
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A plugin is just easier for the user. Instead of waiting for the file to download, minimizing the browser, and double-clicking the file, you just click the link and the file loads. Simplicity
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holizz wrote on the 14 May 08 at 08:10
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> Instead of waiting for the file to download, minimizing the browser, and
> double-clicking the file, you just click the link and the file loads.
Have you actually used Firefox? You can open certain files with certain
applications, and PDFs can be opened with evince. It works perfectly, and I
don't have to press any additional buttons to take the bloody document out of
the browser.
-1 because plugins make Firefox crash more than it normally does (and according
to sawjew2 this is already implemented).
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onlinelli wrote on the 14 May 08 at 12:56
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In KDE4, Okular is perfectly integrated into konqueror.
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onlinelli wrote on the 14 May 08 at 12:57
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In KDE4, Okular (fast PDF-Viewer) is perfectly integrated into Konqueror (Web-Browser).
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Primož Papič wrote on the 14 May 08 at 13:58
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Yes that's correct, just it would be good if it also work with firefox, which I use more than Konqueror.
(I might change from Firefox to Konqueror)
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