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Why Did Web Browsers Become PDF Readers?

The Portable Document Format, or PDF, was originally developed by Adobe for use with its own Acrobat reader and editing software. PDF files are some of the most common types of documents, but now the ...
Tidbits

Wrangling PDFs in 2012’s Web Browsers

Portable Document Format (PDF) — first launched by Adobe in 1993 and now an open ISO standard — has long been the de facto standard for documents shared via the Web. Thanks to the free Adobe Reader ...
Computerworld

Firefox adds built-in HTML5-based PDF viewer to improve security

A built-in PDF viewer component based on JavaScript and HTML5 Web technologies has been added to the beta version of Firefox 19, Mozilla said Friday. The browser maker described the built-in PDF ...
Business Insider

Foxit Software Launches Major Upgrade to Web-Based PDF SDK to Speed Up Web Application Development Times and Dramatically Increase Web PDF Performance

FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Foxit Software, a leading provider of fast, affordable, and secure PDF solutions, today announced Foxit PDF SDK for Web 7.0, a major new release that ...
GIGAZINE

Introducing 'PDF Tris', a browser-based PDF viewer that lets you play Tetris

Web browsers such as Chrome and Firefox have built-in PDF viewers, so you can view PDF files without using a dedicated viewer. Now, ' PDFTris ' has been released, which allows you to play Tetris using ...
Computerworld

Firefox getting built-in HTML5-based PDF viewer to improve security

A built-in PDF viewer component based on JavaScript and HTML5 Web technologies has been added to the beta version of Firefox 19, Mozilla said Friday. The browser maker described the built-in PDF ...