Member Jonathan Kay Posted August 14, 2019 Member Share Posted August 14, 2019 Can you see the images in posts #2 and #6?Please can you answer with the browser and OS that you are using.ThanksJonathanPS: My guess is that all browsers can show them inline, but some need a bit of configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted August 14, 2019 Author Member Share Posted August 14, 2019 Safari on macOS: can see both. Safari on iOS: can see both.Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Whitley Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Chrome and Firefox on iPad can see both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revilla Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Chrome on Android - can't see any PDFs in thread, just missing entirely, no box or other indication that there should be something there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revilla Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 See above. Also just checked in both mobile and desktop view modes, results pretty much the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevehS3 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Both perfect on iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted August 14, 2019 Author Member Share Posted August 14, 2019 Thanks, all.Andrew: have you noticed that on other sites?The original observation of the problem was with Edge on Windows 10.That was followed by "I've tried internet explorer and all I get is a box with a cross through it ( more than edge shows!), so we tried a mobile phone and get a small box that we cannot open up to show the pdf's."There's one reference to it in the archives: "That's because it's not an image - it's a PDF, and most browsers don't support embedded PDFs using <img> tags." And the code in the page discussed in this thread is probably: <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/inline/images/Xflow%20cooling.pdf"></p>Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7_Malc Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Mac OS 10.14.6Chrome. No PDFs visible. Malc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted August 14, 2019 Author Member Share Posted August 14, 2019 Thanks, Malc.Just installed Chrome. On the same Mac running macOS 10.14.4:Safari: visibleChrome 76.0.3809.100: nothing.Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revilla Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Not noticed problems on other sites but I can't really think where I might see embedded PDFs on other sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted August 14, 2019 Author Member Share Posted August 14, 2019 ThanksJonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADMALC Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Just a small box with an X in on my Surface Windows RT 8.1 if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ. Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I can't see either using Firefox on Debian LinuxThere are small grey boxes on my Android phone with FirefoxHope this helpsDuncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted August 14, 2019 Author Member Share Posted August 14, 2019 Thanks, everybody. I think that we've got a pretty good picture (!) of what's happening.I played with Chrome on macOS but couldn't find a setting that made it work.I used a well-known search engine and found other reports, but no solution. That included the official support site for Chrome.I'm going to try not to use pdfs in this way when there's an alternative.Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjw Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Hi Jonathan,"PS: My guess is that all browsers can show them inline, but some need a bit of configuration."I clearly failed miserably to convince you otherwise when this last came up!! Just to re-iterate - when a user inserts a pdf within a post, the forum software attempts to display it using an <img> tag. As I suggested previously:-"As far as I have been able to ascertain, PDF's are apparently usually embedded with <object>, <iframe> or <embed> tags. In theory the <img> tag can be used with single page vector pdfs but the majority of browsers have never supported it."e.g. Firefox doesn't:-https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/img#Supported_image_formats- and by all reports neither does Chrome. Clearly Apple have implemented this (and perhaps some Linux distributions?), but these represent a small fraction of the total browser market, so no commercial website will ever use it.There's no obvious mechanism here for a poster to insert an in-line pdf in any other way that would be visible to all, ...but just posting a <link> to a pdf works for everybody !Cheers Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted August 14, 2019 Author Member Share Posted August 14, 2019 Yes. My guess appears to be wrong.I did point to your original observation, and I'm sorry if I didn't give it enough weight.Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjw Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 No need to apologise - you have no reason to accept everything some bloke says on the internet as gospel !Cheers,Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted August 14, 2019 Author Member Share Posted August 14, 2019 - and by all reports neither does Chrome. Clearly Apple have implemented this (and perhaps some Linux distributions?), but these represent a small fraction of the total browser market, so no commercial website will ever use it.In case anyone's wondering how that squares with Tony's observation:Chrome and Firefox on iPad can see both.it's possibly because on iOS those (and possibly all other browsers) use WebKit.JonathanPS: Thanks, Barry. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Chrome on Android ... no sign of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 No images (Firefox & Win10 64bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vine Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 No PDFs visible (Win 10, Firefox 68.0.2).JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Lowe Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Yes FIREFOX on IOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vine Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 NO on Windows Lumia phone and Win 8.1 - just a non-selectable PDF-style icon (page with corner turned down).JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Pearce Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 All on Win 10Firefox 68.0 - Broken image icom, Right click/View Image displays PDFChrome 76 - Nothing displayed. 0 x 0 pixel imageIE 11 - Black X iconEdge 42 - Nothing displayed. 0 x 0 pixel image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vine Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Firefox 68.0 - Broken image icom, Right click/View Image displays PDFYes, that's what I get with Win 10 and FF 68.0.2:I didn't realise you could display the PDF via right-click > view image, so thanks for that!JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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