[arachne] Re: Adobe swings and misses as PDF abuse worsens

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On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 11:55 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> On Mon, March 2, 2009 11:04 am, Steve wrote:
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> >    They've been embedding flash animations in HTML for years.
> > <Devil's advocate mode> How is doing it PDF any worse?
> > <\Devil's advocate mode>
> 
> 
> I dislike pdf files becuae they are bulky and slow to load and if
> you're using a web browser to begin with then starting up acrobat
> or whatever the damn thing is called, is redundant and less nimble
> and requires you to use an additional application. I think it
> quite inelegant. I don't see why many things are done as pdf's
> when it would be far simpler and easier to just make it a web page.
> 
> Everything in pdf is slower and more awkward. That's why.
> 
> Sam Ewalt
> 
> >    Granted, I also don't like flash, and certainly don't think it belongs
> > in a "Document" format, which I believe should be capable of being
> > printed.
> >

The big disadvantage in doing a document as a web page instead of as a
pdf is, that if the document has any images or other graphical stuff,
then you will have to do the document as an entire folder of files.  
If you would simply do the document as a pdf, you can do it all as a 
single file.

Sam Heywood



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