Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-07-02 Thread HÃ¥kon Alstadheim
Mike Mestnik wrote: Over the past few mouths I've received more unusable PDFs then I've ever received usable PDFs. ... snip I have asked senders to choose a better format, but they keep coming. Many sites that have PDFs as part of there content do not seam to be having this problem it's when

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Mike Mestnik
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 08:18:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/25/08 17:33, Mike Mestnik wrote: Over the past few mouths I've received more unusable PDFs then I've ever received usable PDFs. Well maybe that's an exaggeration, but it still doesn't excuse the large number of broken

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/27/08 10:12, Mike Mestnik wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 08:18:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/25/08 17:33, Mike Mestnik wrote: Over the past few mouths I've received more unusable PDFs then I've ever received usable PDFs. Well maybe

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/6/27 Mike Mestnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... The trouble here seems to be, at least in part, that Adobe feels at liberty to extend the PDF spec without caring about users with non-Adobe readers. Adobe probably won't alter its approach unless it feels a significant community backlash is brewing.

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/6/27 Mike Mestnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... The trouble here seems to be, at least in part, that Adobe feels at liberty to extend the PDF spec without caring about users with non-Adobe readers. Adobe probably won't alter its approach unless it feels a significant community backlash is brewing.

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/6/27 Mike Mestnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would really appreciate a website that outlined these issues that I could direct ppl too, after they send me content that is not readable. Good idea. Why not set one up? You could make a page on ghostscript.com or set up your own site at

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Mike Mestnik
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:43:07AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/27/08 10:12, Mike Mestnik wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 08:18:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/25/08 17:33, Mike Mestnik wrote: Over the past few mouths I've received more unusable PDFs then I've ever received usable

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Mike Mestnik
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 05:21:24PM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: 2008/6/27 Mike Mestnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... The trouble here seems to be, at least in part, that Adobe feels at liberty to extend the PDF spec without caring about users with non-Adobe readers. Adobe probably won't alter its

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Mike Mestnik
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 07:56:23PM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: 2008/6/27 Mike Mestnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would really appreciate a website that outlined these issues that I could direct ppl too, after they send me content that is not readable. Good idea. Why not set one up? You could

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 10:12 -0500, Mike Mestnik wrote: I'm CCing Ron as I don't expect my comment will be un-delayed reaching the rest of the list. Not the case. Any advice for posting by non-list members? Don't CC people. Subscribe to the list (though non-subscribers can still post) and

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 01:10:18PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 10:12 -0500, Mike Mestnik wrote: (a) What DE PDF reader are you using? What could be better then any copy of GS made after 2000? GPL Ghostscript 8.15 (2004-09-22) There's your problem. Try some

Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-25 Thread Mike Mestnik
Over the past few mouths I've received more unusable PDFs then I've ever received usable PDFs. Well maybe that's an exaggeration, but it still doesn't excuse the large number of broken documents in this format I've received. I have asked senders to choose a better format, but they keep coming.

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 17:33, Mike Mestnik wrote: Over the past few mouths I've received more unusable PDFs then I've ever received usable PDFs. Well maybe that's an exaggeration, but it still doesn't excuse the large number of broken documents in this