undefined | Better HN

0 pointseitland4y ago0 comments

That was a longer list than I expected, thanks for putting in the effort and also for your nuanced position.

I'm one of those who enjoy the PDF reader FWIW, same with push notifications. The PDF reader in particular because I almost haven't used Adobe since it came.

Test pilot is fine with me as long as it is voluntary and opt in - but the robot extension - that I literally felt in my body when I saw it.

Again, thanks.

I think most of this should have been created using an extension API and should been voluntary to install. Back in the days this would absolutely have been possible I think.

0 comments

1 comments · 1 top-level

autoexec4y ago

No problem! I know a lot of people love the PDF reader, it really is convenient, and I'm a big fan of avoiding adobe's reader whenever possible but after so many years of issues the file format is tainted to me. Too many exploitable features and having popular browsers include that functionality makes those readers an attractive target.

I don't think Mozilla has done a comparatively terrible job with it (they all end up with vulnerabilities, and it would take a lot to steal that crown from acrobat) but I do feel better downloading PDFs and using something a little less common to view them. I've bounced around between using Open/LibreOffice, Foxit (before they went bad), and even converting PDFs into saner formats prior to viewing, but these days I'm liking Sumatra for windows

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse