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Silver Contributor

Apr 13, 2020

Microsoft Edge extends tools for the PDF reader

The integrated PDF reader in the legacy Microsoft Edge browser is deeply loved by many of you and we have been getting feedback about the availability of those features in the new version of Microsof...

ZZYSonny

Brass Contributor

Apr 15, 2020

I am on edge dev and I would like to see the following improvement for PDF reader.

1. Fix smooth scroll as in https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/4k-smooth-support-pdfs/m-p/1189931

2. Fix selection. Selecting one line should not break into several segment of different height.

Chromium edge

Old edge

3. Fix comment display. There shouldn't be inconsistent spacing within each word.

4. Add support for textbox. Currently both legacy and chromium edge doesn't display such thing in PDF. This is important for reading annotation if the PDF was annotated by some other tools.

5. Add support for pen pressure sensitivity and annotate by pen only.

6. Ink looks distorted (lots of pixel!) before pen is released.

And looks much better after pen is released.

matt_bits

Iron Contributor

May 28, 2020

ZZYSonny I support the voice to put more effort in proper text selection. It looks very messy.

The ink looks like it does not profit from Windows Inking that was introduced in Windows 10. I see no point in going backwards. You can support it on the Windows devices and for the other you can keep current inking as it seems to not bother anyone using other platforms. In my opinion the software should profit from technologies available on each platform not to reinvent the wheel that will be bad and "universal".

I will leave you with simple though, there is no universal tap, spigot or faucet which suites all users and all needs.