Dave wrote:
On 11 Jul 2005 23:11:15 -0700, said:
Screw .pdf, I hope they make plain graphics files avail also (YMMV).
Why do you have a problem with PDF?
I admit I detest .pdf format on any platform.
The viewer is free,
So is DejaVue that puts it to shame. So are many excellent graphics
apps. So are things from Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. :-)
(nothing is free, we all pay one way or another, or help market their
outfit by using their stuff which saves them millions of dollars)
and the files can be
much smaller than graphics files.
Pardon me?? Not in equivalent lossiness/quality.
Not to mention one may freely do many other fast & convenient things
with graphics files.
And they're searchable if you have the
full Acrobat version.
Who needs it with intelligently catalogued graphics files & any
associated textfiles (the latter of which may easily be link-embedded,
too)?
I feel that .pdf:
- is overrated as a cross-platform format;
- is a resource & bandwith-hogging pig;
- is slower-loading;
- is very limited in end-user versatility;
- is more suceptible to file corruption than most other formats;
- regularly bugs you for updates;
- frequently has minor but annoying read flaws & problems;
- is a one-way street who's purpose is to create dependence upon &
market the expensive authoring s/w;
- is inferior in all these ways to DejaVue which has the same purpose
but runs & renders much better at about 1/10 the filesize;
- is inferior to ordinary formats which may also be used for or
interfaced with anything.
YMMV