2:41 p.m.
It appears that on Fedora 18, Adobe Acrobat Reader
hyperlinks (control-left-click on link) fails to execute
properly and bring up the the web page.
I tried the same PDF file on F13 and it works.
Is it a bug or is there something I need to do
to make this work?
8:51 a.m.
New subject: F18: Adobe Acrobat Reader fails hyperlinks? [SOLVED]
David:
> Congratulations! You went from a reasonably safe Firefox feature
to a
> known buggy and security unsecured Adobe Reader.
>
> Google search for "Adobe Reader Security Breach".
Doug:
Probably the reason that Adobe won't make anything more for Linux
is
that so many people like this bitch about it all the time.
Well, the right answer should be that Adobe should make better software,
and take their lumps when their faults are found. Not, make your own
computer worse, for the sake of coping with poor software. We've
(nearly) all seen where that attitude lies with Windows (masses of
exploits, thousands of viruses).
It's not a Linux-oriented bitch, either. Adobe is seen as a dangerous
condition for all OSs. Browsers now warn users against PDF files, virus
checkers regard them as dangerous until proved otherwise, and security
advisories warn users about them.
A far more likely reason that Adobe, or any other profit-oriented
business doesn't make something for Linux, is that they don't see a
return on their investment. They want to sell software, or a service,
and we're not paying customers.
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9:13 p.m.
New subject: F18: Adobe Acrobat Reader fails hyperlinks? [SOLVED]
On 11/26/2013 9:36 PM, Doug wrote:
On 11/26/2013 07:59 PM, David wrote:
> On 11/26/2013 6:57 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
>> On 11/23/2013 12:41 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
>>>
>>> It appears that on Fedora 18, Adobe Acrobat Reader
>>> hyperlinks (control-left-click on link) fails to execute
>>> properly and bring up the the web page.
>>>
>>> I tried the same PDF file on F13 and it works.
>>>
>>> Is it a bug or is there something I need to do
>>> to make this work?
>>>
>> I changed the Firefox preference->Application: "Portable
>> Document Format (PDF)" from "Preview in Firefox" to
>> "Use Adobe Reader 9.5 (in Firefox)" and now PDF hyperlinks
>> works!
>
>
> Congratulations! You went from a reasonably safe Firefox feature to a
> known buggy and security unsecured Adobe Reader.
>
> Google search for "Adobe Reader Security Breach".
>
Probably the reason that Adobe won't make anything more for Linux is
that so many people like this bitch about it all the time.
--doug
Foxit Reader is better, IMO, and supported.
--
David
8:36 p.m.
New subject: F18: Adobe Acrobat Reader fails hyperlinks? [SOLVED]
On 11/26/2013 07:59 PM, David wrote:
On 11/26/2013 6:57 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
> On 11/23/2013 12:41 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
>>
>> It appears that on Fedora 18, Adobe Acrobat Reader
>> hyperlinks (control-left-click on link) fails to execute
>> properly and bring up the the web page.
>>
>> I tried the same PDF file on F13 and it works.
>>
>> Is it a bug or is there something I need to do
>> to make this work?
>>
> I changed the Firefox preference->Application: "Portable
> Document Format (PDF)" from "Preview in Firefox" to
> "Use Adobe Reader 9.5 (in Firefox)" and now PDF hyperlinks
> works!
Congratulations! You went from a reasonably safe Firefox feature to a
known buggy and security unsecured Adobe Reader.
Google search for "Adobe Reader Security Breach".
Probably the reason that Adobe won't make anything more for Linux is
that so many people like this bitch about it all the time.
--doug
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--A.M.Greeley
6:59 p.m.
New subject: F18: Adobe Acrobat Reader fails hyperlinks? [SOLVED]
On 11/26/2013 6:57 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
On 11/23/2013 12:41 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
>
> It appears that on Fedora 18, Adobe Acrobat Reader
> hyperlinks (control-left-click on link) fails to execute
> properly and bring up the the web page.
>
> I tried the same PDF file on F13 and it works.
>
> Is it a bug or is there something I need to do
> to make this work?
>
I changed the Firefox preference->Application: "Portable
Document Format (PDF)" from "Preview in Firefox" to
"Use Adobe Reader 9.5 (in Firefox)" and now PDF hyperlinks
works!
Congratulations! You went from a reasonably safe Firefox feature to a
known buggy and security unsecured Adobe Reader.
Google search for "Adobe Reader Security Breach".
--
David
5:57 p.m.
New subject: F18: Adobe Acrobat Reader fails hyperlinks? [SOLVED]
On 11/23/2013 12:41 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
It appears that on Fedora 18, Adobe Acrobat Reader
hyperlinks (control-left-click on link) fails to execute
properly and bring up the the web page.
I tried the same PDF file on F13 and it works.
Is it a bug or is there something I need to do
to make this work?
I changed the Firefox preference->Application: "Portable
Document Format (PDF)" from "Preview in Firefox" to
"Use Adobe Reader 9.5 (in Firefox)" and now PDF hyperlinks
works!
4:52 p.m.
On 23.11.2013 21:41, Dan Thurman wrote:
It appears that on Fedora 18, Adobe Acrobat Reader
hyperlinks (control-left-click on link) fails to execute
properly and bring up the the web page.
I tried the same PDF file on F13 and it works.
Is it a bug or is there something I need to do
to make this work?
Please direct this question to Adobe. Adobe (Acrobat) Reader is neither
open source nor it is part of Fedora. If what you described is a bug,
correct place to report it would be Adobe's bug tracker (if they have
any publicly available).
I strongly recommend that you try an open source PDF viewer like Evince
or Okular.
Mateusz Marzantowicz
8:30 a.m.
New subject: F18: Adobe Acrobat Reader fails hyperlinks? [SOLVED]
On 11/27/2013 12:58 AM, Dan Thurman wrote:
On 11/26/2013 07:13 PM, David wrote:
Why is the latest foxit release FC-9?
I don't know but I would think a licensing problem would be a good guess.
I use the Firefox built in feature myself. I only offered Foxit Reader
as an option since the OP was looking for a plugin (additional software)
solution. Of which, as I said, IMHO Foxit Reader is better than Adobe
Reader.
As for other Linux PDF readers? There are others in Fedora. Several
were mentioned in this thread.
Mozilla developed a 'pdf viewer' feature for Firefox to avoid
this.
Firefox help
"View PDF files in Firefox without downloading them"
<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-without-downl...
--
David
11:58 p.m.
New subject: F18: Adobe Acrobat Reader fails hyperlinks? [SOLVED]
On 11/26/2013 07:13 PM, David wrote:
On 11/26/2013 9:36 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 11/26/2013 07:59 PM, David wrote:
>> On 11/26/2013 6:57 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
>>> On 11/23/2013 12:41 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
>>>> It appears that on Fedora 18, Adobe Acrobat Reader
>>>> hyperlinks (control-left-click on link) fails to execute
>>>> properly and bring up the the web page.
>>>>
>>>> I tried the same PDF file on F13 and it works.
>>>>
>>>> Is it a bug or is there something I need to do
>>>> to make this work?
>>>>
>>> I changed the Firefox preference->Application: "Portable
>>> Document Format (PDF)" from "Preview in Firefox" to
>>> "Use Adobe Reader 9.5 (in Firefox)" and now PDF hyperlinks
>>> works!
>>
>> Congratulations! You went from a reasonably safe Firefox feature to a
>> known buggy and security unsecured Adobe Reader.
>>
>> Google search for "Adobe Reader Security Breach".
>>
> Probably the reason that Adobe won't make anything more for Linux is
> that so many people like this bitch about it all the time.
>
> --doug
>
Foxit Reader is better, IMO, and supported.
Why is the latest foxit release FC-9?
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