Now. Why am I wrong for Libre

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[–] 0 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Which browser do you use that doesn't have an integrated PDF viewer?

PDF is just another file format, and compared to websites it's a really light format without active scripting. No tracking, no intrusive ads, no malware, no fishing, just a plain format that displays content and does nothing else.

Web browsers are baggage in that scenario.

And yes, I do talk to people. We do do in-person meetings.

And it's a little weird that you have to downvote every post just because you can't stand that people might have other opinions than you.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    And it's a little weird that you have to downvote every post just because you can't stand that people might have other opinions than you.

    Because I just wanted to show you a cool feature and due to a bug totally out of my control you use that as a chance to be condescending.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    No, I took the bug as an example to show why the feature is a nice addition but not a replacement of older, easier and more resilient forms of sharing a location in a document.

    You apparently can't handle talking to someone who has a different opinion, and now I am going to be condescending, because that's a sign of a very brittle personality.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    compared to websites

    When did this become about websites? I was always suggesting HTML files over PDF files.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    What is another name for HTML files?

    Or to put it differently: When was the last time you sent a HTML file over eMail or some other way except sending the URL to a website?

    Also, to use text fragment links you need to have the page hosted on a webserver. Can't send links to local files since you don't know the full path it will end up under on the local file system.

    So if you just want to send a file and a reference to which part of the file you are talking about, you now need to either host the file on a webserver or have the recipient rewrite the link to include the path where they ended up putting the HTML file. Talk about baggage here.

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