Using MuPDF.js instead of pdf.js

iagogv
edited 11 days ago
When viewing very large pdf files, or with heavy images, it would be great if Zotero used a light, efficient and fast PDF library such as MuPDF instead of pdf.js.

I know, you are not going to switch now, but let me just dream. This could go to a section "Ideas for someone forking Zotero and making a rewrite from scratch"
  • AdamSwanson1
    edited 11 days ago
    Agree that large file in Zotero is not really usable, especially when searching,
  • martynas_b
    Please describe when exactly the Zotero reader feels slow — some issues might be fixable.

    Also, what exactly is the problem with search?
  • iagogv
    edited 11 days ago
    For example, I can see a difference in performance between pdf.js/Zotero and SumatraPDF reader (in Windows) for the PDF downloadable from https://annas-archive.org/md5/a9dd4adad6972ab77786d40dae5e6823 (if you want I share directly the file, let me know the way to do it), mainly when moving through the pages of the book (although current versions of pdf.js/Zotero improved a lot in performance; I even do not say current Zotero releases are slow)
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