Seems pretty handy to have to be honest.
this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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Kind of wish they would stop trying to push this as "editing".
If all you can do is draw on top of it, you're not actually editing it.
I'm not shaming them, I understand why they can't have a full built-in PDF editor, but people that don't know any better are going to open it up expecting an actual editor and be disappointed.
It works fine for most cases
True. Many things are missing.
My first impression was, it will be able to do real editing , editing what I don't need with same font, size, colour at same place without worrying about alignment etc.
Big disappointment.
Honestly, as long as you can add a signature and some text, that covers about 95% of use cases for a PDF editor.
I just wish Mozilla got back to focus on making the best browser.
PDF stuff is cool but not why I use a web browser.
Remember when we needed to use Adobe Reader (or maybe Okular etc.) to view PDFs?
I think it is a very good thing that we can now do that in the web browser.
The audacity of them adding features. I'm a bit disappointed Big Mozilla haven't solely focused on what mindlight is using their browser for too (whatever that is).
Filling in PDF forms online is one of the things I would love to be able to do direct in my browser.
Let's hope that if they support the shit show XFA is, they manage to support it fully.
The only one that seem to support it fully today is Adobe and I still haven't been able to find any open source product that was able to close forms in PDFs.
Very nice, but it doesnt work on mobile for whatever reason?
StirlingPDF even integrates the editor in the tools.
If you need to add stuff to a PDF document, now you can do that online with Firefox. Open the PDF in Firefox and click the Text or Draw buttons in the upper right corner to make changes to your document. Download the file to save it with your changes.
Fill in forms online without printing and scanning
We’ve all faced this: you need to fill in a form that is a PDF, but it isn’t editable. In the past, your only option was to print it on a dead tree, add things with ink, and then scan it back into your computer.
No more! Now, all you need to do is edit the PDF online with Firefox, save it, and email it from your computer.
Add text
Open the PDF in Firefox. Click the Text button to choose a color and text size before selecting where on the document you wish to add text. It’s that easy!
Add drawings (or your signature)
Open the PDF in Firefox. Click the Draw icon to choose a color, thickness and opacity before then being able to draw on the document. It probably won’t be any messier than your usual signature!
Add image with alt text
Open the PDF in Firefox. Click the image icon, which will then prompt you to upload an image. Adjust size and placement of your image as needed. Click the “+Alt text” button on the image to add a photo description to make your PDF more accessible.
Create a highlight
Open the PDF in Firefox. Select the text you want to highlight, then click the highlight icon that appears below your selection, or right click to find the highlight option in the context menu. Click the icon in the top right to freehand highlight sections of the PDF.
Isn't this already a thing? Am I missing something here?