On 28 Sep 2009 at 14:49, Stu Sjouwerman  wrote:

> Also, I added MSE compared to VIPRE over here:
> 
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/documents/vipre_vs_mse.pdf 

In the latest issue of SunbeltSecurityNews.  "Easing the Strain on 
Your
Computer Even on Dial-up", you wrote:

> In other words, you get what you pay for, as not protecting incoming
> email is like locking the house but leaving the front door wide open.
> Here is a one page PDF with the differences:
> http://www.sunbeltsecuritynews.com/090930-VIPRE_vs_MSE 

Stu,

IMHO putting that info in a PDF is a mistake.  First, loading PDFs is much 
slower than loading normal web pages since you have to load the PDF extension 
for your particular browser.  Second, PDFs are Page Definition Format 
documents, typically taller than they are wide, and they don't format well on 
monitors, which for 99-44/100% of us are wider than they are tall.  Third, 
since PDFs are known to carry malware, I no longer read them in my browser, and 
I disable loading PDFs in browsers on every machine I manage.   

PDFs are fine for documents which are intended to be printed out.  The VIPRE- 
vs-MSE document is not something anyone would ever print out, they'll just look 
at it online.  

Why not put it in a true HTML page, with links explaining in detail what each 
line means?  It could have been formatted to fit nicely in a wider-than-tall 
display and could have had more utility than just a PDF.  

IMHO, YMMV  


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