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Mango@lemmy.world 1 week agoDid you really just direct link a PDF download?
secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Comment on Hungry Lions
Mango@lemmy.world 1 week agoDid you really just direct link a PDF download?
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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Unless your browser is poopy, it should just open the pdf in the browser without saving it as a file.
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
When in reality, the browser just downloads it, then opens it.
Eheran@lemmy.world 1 week ago
How else should it even be possible? Obviously every browser needs to download it and 100 % too.
workerONE@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It could put it in a temporary cache that’s deleted when you close it
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Yeah smarty pants obviously it has to download the data, but by default it shouldnt permanently store it as a file in your download folder. Files like this should go into a tmp file or only into RAM.
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I’d check if I was you. I think both Chrome and Firefox keep it in downloads folder
lengau@midwest.social 1 week ago
So like a web page.
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Except a webpage isn’t exactly stored on the computer. JS and CSS files are cached. Images also, but not HTML. So no, not like a web page.
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Downloads it? Yes. Save as a file? No, atleast not permanently
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yeah, usually in downloads for Firefox. I think Chrome is the same.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
It has to download any content it shows you, whether that’s a web page, pdf, or anything else. It can’t just magically know what to display without downloading it. Whether it stores it permanently is another question. Most browsers don’t do this. If yours does there’s probably a setting for that, or it’s just a really bad browser.
Donut@leminal.space 1 week ago
Firefox mobile downloads it first, then you have to tap “open”.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
MJ PDF is better than pdf.js.