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johnea05/03/20253 repliesview on HN

Why would you want functionality like this to be in a browser?

Isn't a browser for interfacing to http?


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philjohnson05/03/2025

It's accessible via a website so that you don't have to download anything, and everything running in your browser means the PDF never leaves your device, so it's 100% private.

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vntok05/03/2025

This tool is hosted on a website, and you access that website like all other websites, using a browser interfacing with HTTP.

layer805/03/2025

The functionality isn’t actually in the browser, it’s in the files downloaded via HTTP.

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