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Out of curiosity, why is this still something people desire in a link? Can't any modern browser pretty much open a PDF as quickly easily as a web page?

• Crontab 9y ago
  Personally, I feel it is simply good courtesy.
• jimktrains2 9y ago
  Mobile will download and store on the device. Web pages are quite large anymore and most can be larger than a PDF when delivering less content, so I don't know if there is a size issue anymore.
  • pinum 9y ago
    iOS shows it inline. Android can do too; it usually starts a download instead but IMO that's the browser's fault (should default to embedded).
    • jimktrains2 9y ago
      Is it really a matter of fault when the original question was 'who doesn't not 'why don't they'?
• zootboy 9y ago
  I personally have PDF rendering disabled in browser for security, just as I have JS disabled by default. So no, my browser cannot display a PDF at all.
  • pinum 9y ago
    To be fair- if you turn off standard features, you can't complain when you get a sub-optimal experience.
    • mulmen 9y ago
      PDFs are a sub-optimal experience. Putting [PDF] in the link just saves me from wasting the time of clicking.
• exikyut 9y ago
  Principle of least surprise. Web browsers primarily display web pages.