PDFs are the scariest file type. They can execute JS, include 3D models, hold hidden fields and metadata you haven't invented yet. Design fillable fields and then format them with CSS. Every page is an image with text that was scanned with OCR instead of just holding text data. You can embed videos for playback or audio to irritate your unfortunate victim. You can apply digital signatures, or encrypt your document.
Who the fuck designed this thing. No document format was ever made for this. It's madness.
This is correct, the whole interface is. It runs in a part of Edge called Edge WebView 2.
What’s funny is they did this before with Windows and Internet Explorer for 95C, 98, 98SE, and ME and it was awful and part of what got them in trouble in the late 90s. The resulting antitrust litigation is why XP didn’t require a Microsoft Account (then called a .Net Passport) and that continued through Windows 7.
Yeah, pdfs are genuienly garbage, they're massive security risks, and also are almost always insanely slow to load and bloated in size compared to say, a .epub.
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PDFs are the scariest file type. They can execute JS, include 3D models, hold hidden fields and metadata you haven't invented yet. Design fillable fields and then format them with CSS. Every page is an image with text that was scanned with OCR instead of just holding text data. You can embed videos for playback or audio to irritate your unfortunate victim. You can apply digital signatures, or encrypt your document.
Who the fuck designed this thing. No document format was ever made for this. It's madness.
Fun fact: In the same way that Windows 11’s interface is made in HTML, macOS’ interface is based on PDF.
Also, apparently, the start menu is so goddamn slow because it's made with React...
This is correct, the whole interface is. It runs in a part of Edge called Edge WebView 2.
What’s funny is they did this before with Windows and Internet Explorer for 95C, 98, 98SE, and ME and it was awful and part of what got them in trouble in the late 90s. The resulting antitrust litigation is why XP didn’t require a Microsoft Account (then called a .Net Passport) and that continued through Windows 7.
Yeah, pdfs are genuienly garbage, they're massive security risks, and also are almost always insanely slow to load and bloated in size compared to say, a .epub.
Where is "PDF is a database" on the alignment chart?
Definitely chaotic. Maybe neutral?
Chaotic Lawfeutrevil. Since it contains multitudes.
... but someone probably should.