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

  • From: Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 19:28:46 -0600 (CST)

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I like PDFs. I have no problem viewing any of them, I don't
use Acrobat Reader, and they are easy to download or view on
the fly. I can take a tech manual I've downloaded to Kinkos
and they can print it out in a binder book form. I did freak
one time though, I downloaded the NetBSD manual, had them
print it, and it cost me $30.00USD. A very large manual. BTW
BSD documentation is second to none.
Rob

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Greg Mayman wrote:


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On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:55:08 -0500 (EST), Sam Ewalt wrote:


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.


Why do people use PDFs? Because they can.....

Unfortunately, PDFs have become the standard format for a lot of things.




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