Mozilla to add built-in PDF viewer to Firefox

robinbredin · 17 Jun 2011 at 20:17

Computerworld - Mozilla is working on a project that will add PDF rendering to Firefox using HTML5 and JavaScript, eliminating the need for users to run Adobe's own plug-in.

The PDF reader may be included in Firefox within three months, said Andreas Gal, a Mozilla researcher who on Wednesday unveiled work the company had done quietly for the last month.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217733/Mozilla_to_add_built_in_PDF_viewer_to_Firefox?taxonomyId=211

Frapple · 17 Jun 2011 at 20:27

Awesome!

mrk · 17 Jun 2011 at 21:00

They're also working on multi threading DOM as it's single threaded in all browsers at the moment. That should speed up quite a few things especially as they're employing the same technology in mobile Firefox so multi-core phones will benefit greatly.

LizardKing · 17 Jun 2011 at 21:16

1 step away from scraping Adobe bloat!
I'm all for it

How do they manage to bloat a pdf reader to 40mb?!

mrk · 17 Jun 2011 at 21:18

40MB is hardly bloat.....Reader X is actually very fast and good.

robinbredin · 17 Jun 2011 at 22:07

LizardKing
1 step away from scraping Adobe bloat!
I'm all for it

How do they manage to bloat a pdf reader to 40mb?!

FOXIT reader is not bad.

Mattus · 17 Jun 2011 at 23:06

I'd be very interested to see how this is going to work! The advantage of a PDF is generally that it always looks just the same, whichever system you view it on. I don't know if Mozilla could replicate that. Not at first, for sure.

robinbredin said:
The PDF reader may be included in Firefox within three monthshttp://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...built_in_PDF_viewer_to_Firefox?taxonomyId=211

Read: at least six months, probably nine. Nothing Mozilla does is ever released on time!

gropingmantis · 17 Jun 2011 at 23:29

robinbredin said:
FOXIT reader is not bad.

Sumatra is good too.