#8330 HIGH 8.2.1: PDFs can take over 2 minutes to launch from Browse

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#8330: PDFs can take over 2 minutes to launch from Browse
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   Reporter:  sj               |       Owner:  marco                           
       Type:  defect           |      Status:  reopened                        
   Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  8.2.1                           
  Component:  browse-activity  |     Version:  not specified                   
 Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  read, browse, datastore, journal
Next_action:  design           |    Verified:  0                               
  Blockedby:                   |    Blocking:                                  
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Comment(by skierpage):

 Replying to [comment:6 sj]:
 > Also resolves #8155 and #7898.

 Even if PDF launching was streamlined you'd still have the problems of PDF
 I incompletely enumerated in bug #7898.  HTML and SVG are better than PDF!

 Another way to avoid the PDF download-Journal-launch dance is to enable
 Evince as a plug-in to Browse.  We don't have the dance and delay with
 .OGG links in Browse because Browse hands them to the Totem plug-in; the
 same could be true for PDFs.  Bug #3212 suggests unifying Read and Browse;
 jg's comment says it was rejected in another bug that I can't find.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8330#comment:9>
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