Elevator7009 to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoDoom is playable on PDFs (at least in Chromium-based browsers)gbatemp.netmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down14
arrow-up183arrow-down1external-linkDoom is playable on PDFs (at least in Chromium-based browsers)gbatemp.netElevator7009 to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-square@iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoIs Acrobat the only pdf reader with active script support? For example, do the common browsers which can also open pdfs not support the same things?
minus-square@viking@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoI genuinely don’t know, I have set my browser to download pdfs by default and only open them with Sumatra. There might be a scripting layer active in the browser as well though, quite possible.
minus-square@iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoThen would you agree that it doesn’t have to do with Adobe Acrobat, as much at it does active script in PDFs and if the reader executes it?
Is Acrobat the only pdf reader with active script support? For example, do the common browsers which can also open pdfs not support the same things?
I genuinely don’t know, I have set my browser to download pdfs by default and only open them with Sumatra. There might be a scripting layer active in the browser as well though, quite possible.
Then would you agree that it doesn’t have to do with Adobe Acrobat, as much at it does active script in PDFs and if the reader executes it?