On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Christof Biebricher wrote:
> > No, it's not easy. I have had several people asking me for help when they
> > have not succeeded in installing gsview, and I am of very little help
> > since I don't own or run Windows. People that I could not help gave up.
> >
> I disagree. We easily could make a hyperlink to the newest selfextractable
> ghostscript and ghostview packages. A person not knowing anything accepts
> simply all default values and gets a workable solution.
> Some configuration of ghostview is necessary, but we could easily supply
> some tips.
Then we can agree that we disagree :-)
A link like that is exactly what I had. MANY people had problems with
installing it. Today I have much more traffic (more people), but not ONE
has reported any problems to me. That settles the question for me.
Never underestimate the problems computer illiterate people have with
their computers. I don't think that the question is: What file type could
be read by the package that is easiest to install? I think it should be:
What file type could be read by a package that is already installed?
> We had this discussion over and over again and never reached a solution
> satisfying all of the customers: that is simply impossible.
Yes it is impossible to satisfy all, but if 98% are satisfied and the
remaining 2% can cope with the situation? I didn't participate in that
discussion since I could handle both formats (even though I prefer DVI/PS
for personal use) and didn't have any experience with how people could
deal with the different formats. Now I have tried both and the difference
is huge, whether I like it or not.
> I use both Windows and Linux and find *.pdf and *.ps.gz equally acceptable
> in both OS. However, if our sheet note administrator, Christian, tells us
> that the majority of the users prefers pdf, we should accept this as a fact.
Here we agree for real. :-)
/Johan
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