Battle Use Edge as Default PDF viewer, or Chrome/FF?

[Ink]

What I want to Compare?
PDF-capabilities built into popular web browsers;

• Microsoft Edge (Fall Creators Update)
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox

Why I want to Compare?

I read this article that touts Edge in the latest Fall Creators Update, as the better browser to use for viewing PDF files.
We already know that Edge/FF/Chrome do not compete with full-fledged PDF editors, but for basic viewing, printing and light notes, is Edge the optimal choice?


PS: Not interested in dedicated / standalone / portable PDF Readers/Editors (free/paid), think before you post. Browser-only.

 

[Faybert]

Other: I almost always use Opera, or the Windows 8.1 reader.

 

[Ink]

Windows 8.1 reader.

In fact, Windows PDF Reader (Store App) has been discontinued (this month) with focus put on to using Edge instead.

What kind of functionality does Opera provide for PDF files?

 

[Faybert]

In fact, Windows PDF Reader (Store App) has been discontinued (this month) with focus put on to using Edge instead.

What kind of functionality does Opera provide for PDF files?

I keep using the Windows 8.1 pdf reader normally here, with no problem. About the Opera reader, it's basically the same as Chrome, but with better performance, Opera has always been the best in performance and speed on my machine, so my preference is to use it to open the PDF, and speaking of it, it's the only one that I know can save any page of the internet in pdf.

 

[Quassar]

i more like open DPF in 3rd program like XChange or NitroPDF...
But is not matter in which soft you open PDF just remember to isolate them in sandboxe or similar sandbox / srp software

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

I use Edge because I don't do much PDF editing but when I do, I just install the trial of Adobe.

 

[PVA_BR]

I use Vivaldi to read PDF's, as it is faster in my machine.

 

[Syafiq]

I think edge is a good choice for reading a pdf document

 

[Cast]

hello, I use Chrome for PDF readers, since it is fluid and I am doing well (I have tried others and I have no problem

 

[ForgottenSeer 58943]

I turn off browser PDF viewing and re-direct to Sumatra.

 

[WinXPert]

I use Foxit for viewing PDF. For browsers, I'd say Firefox for me, both view and print.

 

[Sunshine-boy]

turn off browser PDF viewing

But why is that?

 

[Ink]

I turn off browser PDF viewing and re-direct to Sumatra.

Aren't browser PDF viewer more secure by design?

 

[212eta]

I use both Edge and Firefox.

 

[ParaXY]

I started with Foxit Reader due to it's minimalism. That became bloated. I then started using PDF XChange and I quite liked v6. Then they introduced the hideous ribbon interface with v7 so I then tried Edge (didn't like) and I used the Adobe "modern app" from the Windows Store. I didn't like either of those (Adobe didn't show PDF previews in Explorer and didn't remember locations after closing the PDF).

I've just installed Sumatra and liked it so much that it is now my new PDF viewer and I have uninstalled PDF XChange. The minimalist interface is great and PDF thumbnails work in Explorer and locations are remembered.

 

[37507]

Adobe Reader

 

[brambedkar59]

Edge. No need to install another app on Win10

 

[upnorth]

Aren't browser PDF viewer more secure by design?

Wonder the exact same. I'll forward the question to a member that should know.

 

[509322]

Aren't browser PDF viewer more secure by design?

With AppContainer it is supposed to be. The best protection is to use a PDF viewing soft that malc0ders do not target.

If all you're doing is occasional, basic PDF viewing from trustworthy sources then using a browser to view PDFs is sufficiently secure. The issue that I have seen is that Edge, Chrome and Firefox vary in their 'scrollability, scalability, and other cosmetics.' And those break with updates.

 

[509322]

Adobe Reader

Historically, where PDF exploits are concerned, malc0ders target Adobe Acrobat and Reader - and not any other products.