Firefox mobile downloads it first, then you have to tap “open”.
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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week agoUnless your browser is poopy, it should just open the pdf in the browser without saving it as a file.
Donut@leminal.space 1 week ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
MJ PDF is better than pdf.js.
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
Eheran@lemmy.world 1 week ago
So it did safe the file…?
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
Mango@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes, obviously. That’s what we have a problem with.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Idk about default Firefox, but both Fennec on Android and Librewolf on Desktop do not permanently save it.
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.
lengau@midwest.social 1 week ago
By default any HTTP response is cached, including HTML.
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.