Mozilla programmers have achieved a goal to build a PDF reader out of Web programming technology, the "pixel-perfect" rendering of a particular file.
The file, a research paper on fast execution of JavaScript (PDF), contains formatted text, graphics, tables, and graphical diagrams. With the high-quality rendering, programmers Andreas Gal and Chris Jones declared the pdf.js mature enough to warrant the 0.2 version number yesterday.
The pdf.js project, introduced to the world in June, uses JavaScript and HTML5's Canvas For to process and display the file. Version 0.2 adds a better user interface, support for TrueType fonts, improved graphics abilities, and more. For a look at how the Web-based tool performs, you can read the JavaScript paper with pdf.js online, too. It works with Firefox in my tests, but other browsers aren't supported--yet.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20076699-264/
The file, a research paper on fast execution of JavaScript (PDF), contains formatted text, graphics, tables, and graphical diagrams. With the high-quality rendering, programmers Andreas Gal and Chris Jones declared the pdf.js mature enough to warrant the 0.2 version number yesterday.
The pdf.js project, introduced to the world in June, uses JavaScript and HTML5's Canvas For to process and display the file. Version 0.2 adds a better user interface, support for TrueType fonts, improved graphics abilities, and more. For a look at how the Web-based tool performs, you can read the JavaScript paper with pdf.js online, too. It works with Firefox in my tests, but other browsers aren't supported--yet.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20076699-264/