I'm just learning XML myself, so my details are slim right now, but w/ XSL
style sheets you could have a style defined for normal web-browsing, one for
printing, and even one for cell-phone browsers. Depending on which style you
use to display your XML document it will look exactly as you wish. So, as
long as the author takes the time to define the styles, they will have the
same level of control as PDF could give. I am using this method for
displaying statistical reports via intranet and then using a different XSL
to format the same data XML for printing in one of two formats (full data or
abbreviated). This actually gives me more options and control than I would
have w/ PDF.
-Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Soule [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 3:44 PM
> To: Kenneth E. Lussier
> Cc: Greater NH Linux Users' Group
> Subject: Re: Open Formats (was ZD on Linux)
>
> "Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote:
> > Personally, I never understood PDF. What is so wrong with HTML and
> > embeded images? I have yet to see any real need for PDF's. There is no
> > real benefit to it.
>
> PDF allows for precise control of both on screen viewing AND printing.
> HTML does not.
>
> That said, *MOST* things that are done with PDF could have also been
> done with HTML, but for a few types of things PDF is great. As an
> example: The user guide for Corel Painter comes to mind. Clicking the
> print button from acrobat got me a really nice printed version, all
> landscaped, formatted properly etc. If it were in HTML I would have
> spent a LONG time massaging the document and never would have been able
> to get the same results.
>
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