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Because flash is faster, less bloated, and integrates with browsers better than most PDF viewers.
by joshwa 19y ago
Because flash is faster, less bloated, and integrates with browsers better than most PDF viewers.
- Andys 19y agoInteresting perspective. As a mostly non-Windows user, I would much rather spawn a lightweight XPDF process than have to deal with the flash plugin not working properly cross-platform. I guess I'm saying, with PDF I get a choice; with flash, you have to use the official flash player to get most things to work.
- tx 19y agoNo, flash is slower and more bloated. Both of my PDF readers (on mac and ubuntu) work much faster than flash plugins. But much more importantly, Flash completely ignores every single visual setting I have set up on my PC: from font rendering options to colours and default zooming. But what's even more important, is WHY THE F... do I need an animation plugin to read goddamn text on the internet?