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It's a good point to make. But dang, why must there be a built-into-the-page PDF reader that I have to fart around with? I'd rather just have a simple PDF that
by interroboink 4y ago
It's a good point to make. But dang, why must there be a built-into-the-page PDF reader that I have to fart around with? I'd rather just have a simple PDF that gets served from some load-balanced location, so I can use my own viewing tools. I'm sure there are good reasons, and I realize there is a download link in the "..." menu, so it's not too bad, at least. Just griping (:
- akkartik 4y agoThere's a list of download options on the right if you scroll down.
- jonah-archive 4y agoI guess a more direct analog to the original link would be https://archive.org/download/FDNYforcibleEntryReferenceGuide/FDNY_Forcible_entry_reference_guide.pdf https://archive.org/download/FDNYforcibleEntryReferenceGuide... , which will take you directly to the PDF and provides the load-balanced benefits. I linked to the item's main page, which has other download options for different e-readers, metadata, etc, in addition to the bookreader interface (which provides additional options like Read Aloud and Search Inside (and it's open source! https://github.com/internetarchive/bookreader https://github.com/internetarchive/bookreader ).
- extheat 4y agoI’m sure it works pretty well on desktop browsers, but on mobile the web interface is pretty hard to use. The PDF link though works great.
- sgc 4y agoQuick question: What is the caching / download mechanism like in bookreader? Does it only download each page as requested, cache a few pages around the current page, or download the whole thing before display? I am looking for something better than what we have cooked up to avoid downloading an entire pdf every time somebody wants to see a couple pages of it.