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I like PDF. They contain no ads, no javascript and no scroll-highjacking. I know what to expect and it 'just works'.
by thecopy 6y ago
I like PDF. They contain no ads, no javascript and no scroll-highjacking. I know what to expect and it 'just works'.
- Accacin 6y agoI thought that PDFs could contain JavaScript too!
- Tepix 6y agoThey can but viewers don‘t execute them with very few exceptions (and even Adobe Reader has it disabled by default i think)
- Cu3PO42 6y agoChrome does and it may be one of the most popular viewers currently in use. If you've never seen it, I encourage everyone to try breakout.pdf [0]. I know it doesn't work in Firefox's viewer, but it does in Chrome's. And yes, it's exactly what it sounds like: an implementation of the classic Breakout game in PDF. [0] https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/osnr/horrifying-pdf-experiments@master/breakout.pdf https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/osnr/horrifying-pdf-experiments@...
- berkes 6y agoMe too. Slightly joking: Since PDFs can contain links, we could actually build a www with just PDFs. A www that has no trackers, no JS frameworks, just content. A content-first, prettily type-setted and gorgeously layout-ed web.