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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Did you really just direct link a PDF download?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Unless your browser is poopy, it should just open the pdf in the browser without saving it as a file.

[–] IcyToes 26 points 1 month ago (5 children)

When in reality, the browser just downloads it, then opens it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How else should it even be possible? Obviously every browser needs to download it and 100 % too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It could put it in a temporary cache that's deleted when you close it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

So it did safe the file...?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd check if I was you. I think both Chrome and Firefox keep it in downloads folder

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, obviously. That's what we have a problem with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Idk about default Firefox, but both Fennec on Android and Librewolf on Desktop do not permanently save it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Downloads it? Yes. Save as a file? No, atleast not permanently

[–] IcyToes 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, usually in downloads folder for Firefox. I think Chrome is the same.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So like a web page.

[–] IcyToes -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

By default any HTTP response is cached, including HTML.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Firefox mobile downloads it first, then you have to tap "open".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

MJ PDF is better than pdf.js.