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Show HN: New HTML5 document viewer based on PDF.js for DOC, ODT, PDF

• jelveh 14y ago
  wow nice!
• mikeyouse 14y ago
  It's pretty slick, but the I couldn't find a way to go full-screen? Something like 15-20% of the reading space is with headers and footers that serve no purpose while actually viewing documents. Compare Google Docs native PDF reader to yours [Screen shots here: http://imgur.com/a/mfVJx http://imgur.com/a/mfVJx]. If I'm using a service to view documents, I feel like more real estate for the actual content would be more useful than social sharing or download links or whatever else.
  • cedel2k1 14y ago
    You're absolutely right, we'll fix that soon! To get a better impression, you can open the widget link for now: https://my.doctape.com/s/8KL4bF?w=1 https://my.doctape.com/s/8KL4bF?w=1
• atesti 14y ago
  Is this using LibreOffice on the server to convert DOC to PDF or SVG or flash? Is the source code available?
  • cedel2k1 14y ago
    The viewer mostly based on PDF.js (http://mozilla.github.com/pdf.js/ http://mozilla.github.com/pdf.js/) with a customized UI. On server side, we leverage several components (incl. LibreOffice) to convert different document types to PDF.