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   sctvguy1 to All   
   Re: Firefox 5 will have integrated pdf v   
   04 Apr 11 17:53:07   
   
   we will be unable to process your complaint properly.   
   From: sctvguy1    
      
   On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:40:17 -0700, David T. Johnson wrote:   
      
   > http://www.conceivablytech.com/6581/products/firefox-5-social-sharing-   
   home-tab-pdf-viewer-tab-apps   
   >    
   > According to this source, Firefox 5 will have an integrated pdf viewer   
   > to go along with the WebM video viewer that is already integrated into   
   > Firefox 4.  This is great news for the out-of-the-mainstream platforms   
   > like OS/2 as it will let us ditch flash and acrobat viewers (that are   
   > pretty much unavailable to us anyway in current versions) in favor of   
   > open source work-alikes.  Youtube has already come out in favor of WebM   
   > as a video standard format and I've noticed that they are converting   
   > more and more of their huge repository of videos to WebM every day.   
      
   That is the reason that I went to Linux.  I would still be using OS/2 if    
   it would play videos and stream video/audio over the net.   
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
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