Closed Bug 1837516 Opened 2 years ago Closed 2 years ago

Instrument for Nimbus the Option to Turn off The PDF Viewer Entirely

Categories

(GeckoView :: PDF Viewer, enhancement, P3)

Product:
GeckoView
Component:
PDF Viewer
Platform:
All
Android
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: olivia, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [fxdroid][foundation])

For the PDF.js experiment, to learn more about user retention, we'd like a way to control turning on/off the PDF viewer entirely.

This will also require some investigation because some of the app links changes may have changed the pre-111 behavior before the viewer was present.

Whiteboard: [fxdroid][foundation]

Did some preliminary testing with pref("pdfjs.disabled", true); and the other PDF prefs removed.

We may need to also add an app links change, all "Open Links in Apps" flows with the PDF viewer disabled are:

  • Click link with PDF
  • Download
  • Open -> Opens in app

(The prior behavior was "Open Links in Apps"=true, then go directly to outside app or "Open Links in Apps"=false, then above download flow.)

Severity: -- → N/A
Priority: -- → P3

We decided to only experiment on the PDF viewer buttons, so closing for now.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 2 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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