Document Viewer
Simple document viewer app.
Contents
Goals
- Simple viewer that gets out of the way
- Optimized for quick document viewing
- Work well in conjunction with Files
- Functionality:
- Jump to a page number
- Search
- Zoom
- Present PDF slideshows
- Zoom
- Rotate
- Bookmarks
- View tables of contents
- Fill forms?
- Highlight?
- Annotate?
Relevant Art
GNOME
Firefox
Chrome
All the chrome, including the toolbar, is hidden unless you move the cursor close to it.
Edge
Toolbar is transient - it is shown and hidden on click (hidden by default).
Mac
Controls comparison
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Toggle Sidebar |
Search |
Previous/Next |
Page Jump |
Zoom In/Out |
Zoom Levels |
Fullscreen |
Bookmark |
Rotate |
TOC |
Layout Options* |
Annotate |
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Firefox |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Chrome |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Edge |
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✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Preview |
✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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✓ |
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✓ |
* Single/dual page, continuous on/off
Discussion
Some old design work:
Tentative Design
See Also