Michael I understand your comments, however I think it would be very difficult for governments other high volume publishers to remove the need for PDFs. Where an audience must be reached by a variety of channels by both web and printed media, it would be sensless to have to produce multiple sets of documents. i.e. brochures prepared for both printers and then replicated in HTML. Post print production saving as PDF ensures that exactly the same document as sent to print can easily be published for the web, maintaing the original integrity of the document and also saving on a second production process.
-- Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking in with others : http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton On 20/07/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Saying that PDF's are needed by Government Websites is a very circular argument for allowing them - why are they needed? In my experience it is only ever because of laziness or poorly designed workflows, and as you point out, we all hate them, especially when they cannot be opened/read. Mike >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jermayn Parker ... for most Government websites they need these pdfs that we >all hate and as I said in an earlier email html versions is >not always an option. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
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