On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 04:37 pm, bratt wrote: > If anything deserves boycotting its > PDF files. > > PDF is antiquated, slow, and totally unsuitable for large volume > publication use. I had to scan s-l-o-w-l-y through hundreds of pages to > find > information because there is no way to relate the index of the manuscript > to the pdf page numbers, which makes the six page index absolutely > worthless.
there is a lot here to cover and I really don't have time, but here goes. first, sounds like you are angry at someone or something... nevermind, lets assume you have a genuine complaint and not just a winge for the heck of it. second, old and antiquated? I assume you mean by that that it does not perform the function it was built for adequately compared to other more recent inventions that do? if so, what are they? note pdf stands for printable document format - it is a system optimised to allow the sharing over disperate systems of information in a form that can be printed with (preferably) no change from instance to instance. Now personally I prefer postscript, which si far older, but pdfs are certainly more efficient space-wise. thirdly, don't blame pdfs for the authors lack of care in indexing correctly... sounds like you need to take a deep breath before posting... -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] IM:bulwynkl2002 It's a book. Non-volatile storage media. Everyone should have one. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs Online-No late fees! Try Netflix for FREE! http://us.click.yahoo.com/YKLNcC/oEZFAA/i5gGAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
