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		slowmovintarget on Aug 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PDF: Still unfit for human consumption, 20 years l... You can also (and really ought to) switch off the JavaScript engine completely in Acrobat reader. There isn't a legitimate reason to run Javascript during the viewing of a PDF. Give me a link... I might visit it in a browser.

jimhefferon on Aug 10, 2020 [–]

> There isn't a legitimate reason to run Javascript during the viewing of a PDF.

I have a book, and I'd like to display video clips. AIUI, that requires that the viewer has JS.

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