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I used this today but then I had to delete a page and couldn't do that in the browser so I had to do it with python code. I'm not a fan of the browser becoming the everything app but pdf software feels particularly shitty to have to install so I'd welcome more pdf features in firefox.

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The “PDF software” is great for basic tasks like these — you don't even need to write any code, just use pdftk or mutool. It's the Web that is full of junk semi-malware tools that prevent people from finding the right solution.

I'm also not a fan of browsers doing everything, but this fills a niche that is often occupied by a much more bloated suite like Adobe Acrobat.

There are pdf apps that aren't as bloated as either Adobe Acrobat or the browser

Can you list a few?

I've been using Foxit Reader https://www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/ for years to mark up PDFs. The new Firefox feature seems to be a pared-down version of Foxit Reader, which seems kind of redundant to me. I would much rather have the ability to actually edit a PDF, i.e. change existing text and images.

Foxit, Pdf-xchange, a few others from this list

https://alternativeto.net/category/productivity/pdf-editor/

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