Windows download links from pdfreaders.org

[Daniel Pocock]

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On 13/10/15 08:53, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Hi.  I point to pdfreaders.org to friends who uses Windows.  One
> problem that has happened more than once is that the first reader
> that mentions Windows-support, Evince, had their last release for
> Windows around 5 years ago.  The situation for Okular appears to be
> similar.  I believe this is counter-productive: Windows users will
> try Evince, will fail to get it to work because the release is too
> old and not supported anymore, and will go away.  When I point them
> directly towards SumatraPDF they are happy (until they want the
> "Print-To-PDF" feature).  Would you consider dropping the "Windows"
> links for PDF readers that doesn't have supported Windows
> downloads?  I think this would be an overall improvement to the
> site.
> 


It can also be troublesome if a user does get evince running and they
open a PDF and see instructions telling them to use another PDF reader:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=623130

Somebody needs to find a way to detect such documents and display a
more appropriate message.
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