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		JoshTriplett on July 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-int... > 1) in-browser PDF was much worse than it is now Why would in-browser PDF support matter, when every platform has out-of-browser PDF viewers readily available?

oe on July 19, 2014 [–]

Opening a PDF in browser is more convenient. That way the PDF behaves like another browser tab. Opening a PDF in an external viewer could be only one click and one alt+tab more, but it's less convenient and reduces usage. And it would leave one extra file in your downloads folder.

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