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So most common online pdf tools like smallpdf.com and ilovepdf.com are blocked on office networks for obvious reasons. Can we save this page as .html file on a

So most common online pdf tools like smallpdf.com and ilovepdf.com are blocked on office networks for obvious reasons. Can we save this page as .html file on a local folder and run it from browser -- never triggering the firewall / websense blockers etc?

Tomte 3y ago
> You do not believe us? We know that websites on the internet promise a lot of stuff. You can try our promise by yourself. Load the webpage, disable your internet connection and start editing PDFs. You are gonna be surprised.
- GavinMcG 3y ago
  The question is about being able to load in the first place. Can it be loaded in one machine, saved, and then opened in the browser of another machine?
  - sebazzz 3y ago
    Same machine or not, browsers often have special rules for file:// urls.
- albert_e 3y ago
  Technically the app can cache files and phone home the next time we connect to internet i guess? Not aware of how WASM works. Not paranoid but just want to know if this tool can be downloaded once and run from browser forever -- without having to disable internet. Does it not generate any network traffic at all - zero - even when there is internet connectivity available? Whether to the home domain or otherwise? Even telemetry?
  - pdftoolorg 3y ago
    we do not use any telemtry on the site, not event google analytics but i have to say that cloudflare reports us on page-hits, which is even included in the free version EDIT: we also use google ads since a few hours, to cover hosting expenses (1 ad on the page, should be enough for this small site)
  - johnfernow 3y ago
    > Not paranoid but just want to know if this tool can be downloaded once and run from browser forever -- without having to disable internet. You can turn off Internet for a single tab through Chrome's dev tools. F12, Network, change from "No throttling" to "Offline." Would be a bit annoying to do each time you use the app though. Unfortunately not aware of a quick easy way to cut off Internet to a single tab in Firefox, but if you're fine temporarily killing Internet access to the entire browser (all tabs), you can do Alt > File > Work Offline. With the keyboard shortcuts (Alt > F > K) it's actually very fast to do. It would be nice though if you opened a local .html file if it by default was cut off from accessing the Internet until it asked for and was granted permission by the user, much like GPS, webcam and mic use are. Would be much more convenient than the two options above (which require you to remember to do that each time you use the app.)
pdftoolorg 3y ago
i just created an account for you :-) save it as an PWA to your machine, if you have no internet it will cache the last version - so you will be able to go fully offline and not even need to fetch the dns queries
- albert_e 3y ago
  Thanks I am not sure I understand this though: > i just created an account for you :-)
  - pdftoolorg 3y ago
    this was my first comment on hackernews, so i had to create a new account
    - albert_e 3y ago
      oh now I understand- thanks. ( I was wondering if you meant you created an account on your app for me :) )
      - mandeepj 3y ago
        I’d have read that just like you did. More context always helps. I guess another (lengthy) way to write that - can be - “I just created my HN account to post this comment”.
        ehsankia 3y ago
        The green username on hackernews + the username itself was decent context.
        paulcapewell 3y ago
        Today I learned what a green username means

Tomte 3y ago

> You do not believe us? We know that websites on the internet promise a lot of stuff. You can try our promise by yourself. Load the webpage, disable your internet connection and start editing PDFs. You are gonna be surprised.

GavinMcG 3y ago
The question is about being able to load in the first place. Can it be loaded in one machine, saved, and then opened in the browser of another machine?
- sebazzz 3y ago
  Same machine or not, browsers often have special rules for file:// urls.
albert_e 3y ago
Technically the app can cache files and phone home the next time we connect to internet i guess? Not aware of how WASM works. Not paranoid but just want to know if this tool can be downloaded once and run from browser forever -- without having to disable internet. Does it not generate any network traffic at all - zero - even when there is internet connectivity available? Whether to the home domain or otherwise? Even telemetry?
- pdftoolorg 3y ago
  we do not use any telemtry on the site, not event google analytics but i have to say that cloudflare reports us on page-hits, which is even included in the free version EDIT: we also use google ads since a few hours, to cover hosting expenses (1 ad on the page, should be enough for this small site)
- johnfernow 3y ago
  > Not paranoid but just want to know if this tool can be downloaded once and run from browser forever -- without having to disable internet. You can turn off Internet for a single tab through Chrome's dev tools. F12, Network, change from "No throttling" to "Offline." Would be a bit annoying to do each time you use the app though. Unfortunately not aware of a quick easy way to cut off Internet to a single tab in Firefox, but if you're fine temporarily killing Internet access to the entire browser (all tabs), you can do Alt > File > Work Offline. With the keyboard shortcuts (Alt > F > K) it's actually very fast to do. It would be nice though if you opened a local .html file if it by default was cut off from accessing the Internet until it asked for and was granted permission by the user, much like GPS, webcam and mic use are. Would be much more convenient than the two options above (which require you to remember to do that each time you use the app.)

pdftoolorg 3y ago

i just created an account for you :-) save it as an PWA to your machine, if you have no internet it will cache the last version - so you will be able to go fully offline and not even need to fetch the dns queries

albert_e 3y ago
Thanks I am not sure I understand this though: > i just created an account for you :-)
- pdftoolorg 3y ago
  this was my first comment on hackernews, so i had to create a new account
  - albert_e 3y ago
    oh now I understand- thanks. ( I was wondering if you meant you created an account on your app for me :) )
    - mandeepj 3y ago
      I’d have read that just like you did. More context always helps. I guess another (lengthy) way to write that - can be - “I just created my HN account to post this comment”.
      - ehsankia 3y ago
        The green username on hackernews + the username itself was decent context.
        paulcapewell 3y ago
        Today I learned what a green username means