On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:16:17 -0700 Darrin Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake:
> frantisek holop wrote: > > >Nick's hate against pdf clouds his reason apparently. > >pdf is a perfect format for technical documentation and > >papers. go and shout at people who publish their paper > >in .ps and .pdf . having said that i don't agree with > >publishing _only_ in .pdf . all the formats have their use. > > > > > I wouldn't presume to speak for Mr. Holland, of course. But I've raised > the pdf issue here a couple of times lately. I *don't* hate pdf. What I > object to is inapproriate use. Why the hell would you type out a text > document and then make it available as pdf only? No fancy formatting, no > graphics, no layout, just text. That's the kind of thing I've been > seeing in pdf. It's just stupid. > > The IRS making tax forms available as pdf is *perfect* usage. People > making papers published in print magazines available online in pdf is > great. Using pdf as a uber cool, k-rad mechanical typewriter is braindead. > Well, PDF versions of text only files eliminate that whole nasty win/unix cr/lf issue... (Joking of course) > -- > Darrin Chandler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.stilyagin.com/ > -- Bill Chmura Director of Internet Technology Explosivo ITG Wolcott, CT p: 860.621.8693 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w. http://www.explosivo.com
