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PDFObject 2.3 released, new site

PDFObject 2.3.0 has been released and is available immediately on NPM and related CDNs. It continues to support all major browsers (even that pesky little IE11). There are quite a few improvements in 2.3, including switching to a pure iframe solution for more robust cross-browser support, and

PDFObject for Vue 3

I’ve been wanting to revamp pdfobject.com to make it more modern and easier to read. This type of revamp is also a great way to stay up to date on the latest trends, like static site generators. After surveying the field, I decided to play with some Vue-based

PDFObject 2.0 released

After almost eight years in the making (and nearly 7 years of procrastinating), PDFObject 2.0 has arrived. PDFObject is an open-source standards-friendly JavaScript utility for embedding PDF files into HTML documents. It’s like SWFObject, but for PDFs. Version 1.0 was released in 2008 and has enjoyed modest

PDFObject Updated, Moved to GitHub

PDFObject is a JavaScript utility I created in 2008 to embed PDFs in HTML documents. It was modeled on SWFObject. Three years have passed since PDFObject 1.0 was released, and the browser landscape has changed dramatically. I figured it’s time to dust off PDFObject and see if it

Viewing PDFs in a Browser on a Mac

As a Mac user, one of the more annoying issues I frequently encounter is funky PDF handling in Firefox and Safari. For instance: * Adobe doesn’t make a version of Adobe Reader that’s compatible with Firefox on Mac OS X * Adobe Reader is only supported in 32-bit versions of

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