The viewer is emblematic of FreeBSD itself, in a way.
"The major browsers have implemented rich native viewers for this industry-standard format now, that work on any OS, including ours. So what we will do is this: we will invent our own format and our own reader, done differently, with different controls. We will only have the time and manpower to implement, oh, maybe 10% of the features, but that doesn't matter."
"Hey! Why are people complaining about it? It works for us!"
The viewer is emblematic of FreeBSD itself, in a way.
"The major browsers have implemented rich native viewers for this industry-standard format now, that work on any OS, including ours. So what we will do is this: we will invent our own format and our own reader, done differently, with different controls. We will only have the time and manpower to implement, oh, maybe 10% of the features, but that doesn't matter."
"Hey! Why are people complaining about it? It works for us!"