Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFirefox's beta feature "Smart Window" shared browsing and search history to AI models without promptingwww.omgubuntu.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1778arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoI use Firefox as a PDF reader at work. it’s better than Adobe Reader or Chrome, and it’s good enough, so I haven’t bothered finding something else. I deal with secure information sometimes, in PDF form. I haven’t even considered that this information might not remain local.
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoSumatra is the notepad++ of pdf readers (minus the state sponsored hackers https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/) https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf
minus-squarekazerniel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoLooks interesting! I can’t see it in their docs, can it display the font type and size of a selected text? I’ve been using PDF-XChange Viewer mostly for that feature. (Lol I just noticed it has been discontinued since 2018 😬)
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI’ve been using it for ages whenever I need to open PDFs on Windows. Though nowadays browsers handle them too. And I avoid Windows. It is genuinely excellent software.
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI use KDE’s PDF reader Okular
I use Firefox as a PDF reader at work. it’s better than Adobe Reader or Chrome, and it’s good enough, so I haven’t bothered finding something else.
I deal with secure information sometimes, in PDF form. I haven’t even considered that this information might not remain local.
Sumatra is the notepad++ of pdf readers (minus the state sponsored hackers https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/)
https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf
Looks interesting! I can’t see it in their docs, can it display the font type and size of a selected text? I’ve been using PDF-XChange Viewer mostly for that feature. (Lol I just noticed it has been discontinued since 2018 😬)
I’ve been using it for ages whenever I need to open PDFs on Windows. Though nowadays browsers handle them too. And I avoid Windows.
It is genuinely excellent software.
I use KDE’s PDF reader Okular