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. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Barbie Dream Computer. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.7.1 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
