Firefox looks to use HTML5 to run PDFs in the web browser

Friday, June 17, 2011 - 13:30 in Mathematics & Economics

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the current generation of web browsers if you want to view a PDF in your web browser you are going to need the help of a plug-in to do it. While that may not sound like a major roadblock a growing number of users have expressed concerns over the security of using third party plug-ins on their systems, since they can also potentially be used to run malicious code.

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