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Why not just use a sane PDF reader? Firefox has a reasonable one built-in. The problem with Scribd is that it tries to reduce your cognitive load by one click.
by gcr 12y ago
Why not just use a sane PDF reader? Firefox has a reasonable one built-in.
The problem with Scribd is that it tries to reduce your cognitive load by one click. "Open or save?"
But it replaces that horrible, horrible soul-crushing "Open or save?" dilemma with its own inferior implementation.
- lucb1e 12y agoPDFs that don't force a download open inline without asking in any browser, just like any other readable file (e.g. webpages, text files, images).