Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 51899
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texte = Donovan wrote: > It's native on OSX. (Doing a screenshot in OSX produces a .pdf now). That is so typically blind of the ramifications (not just Apple pulls boneheaded stunts, in other words). Adobe is very good at making it seem like a reasonable thing to do [to use PDF's everywhere] because it makes _them_ money. PDF's are usually [much] larger than the comparable storage method, without any advantages. > > It is interesting information, thanks. It suprises me I guess > that you alledge pdf readers are not so common (maybe they > are not?). I was under the impression that they are about as > "household" as flash these days. I could be wrong though. I'm not saying it is not *installed* on most machines; it is just somewhat rude to make someone load a 25MB app just to view a screen shot that would be 50k as a JPG, and just as visible. It is a matter of using the appropriate tool. I have the RAM, but I don't necessarily _want_ to have acroread remain resident (it doesn't unload itself automatically when called from a browser) when I am not actively using it. John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Donovan wrote: > It's native on OSX. (Doing a screenshot in OSX produces a .pdf now). That is so typically blind of the ramifications (not just Apple pulls boneheaded stunts, in other words). Adobe is very good at making it seem like a reasonable thing to do [to use PDF's everywhere] because it makes _them_ money. PDF's are usually [much] larger than the comparable storage method, without any advantages. > > It is interesting information, thanks. It suprises me I guess > that you alledge pdf readers are not so common (maybe they > are not?). I was under the impression that they are about as > "household" as flash these days. I could be wrong though. I'm not saying it is not *installed* on most machines; it is just somewhat rude to make someone load a 25MB app just to view a screen shot that would be 50k as a JPG, and just as visible. It is a matter of using the appropriate tool. I have the RAM, but I don't necessarily _want_ to have acroread remain resident (it doesn't unload itself automatically when called from a browser) when I am not actively using it. John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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