Topic: The future of PDF is JavaScript?

[sam]

Is there anything that JavaScript can't do?

The new Mozilla sponsored pdf.js effort is all about using JavaScript as a the mechanism by which a PDF file is rendered and displayed in the browser.

That's right no separate Adobe plugin and no Google secret-sauce non-open stuff either.

"Well eventually it will work...currently the project is at its 0.2 release and it's still not quite ready for prime time

http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/the-future-of-pdf-is-javascript-.html