Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Hahahah ... I'm sorry, I just have to say one thing:As a mac user (all my life) I have to laugh at the statement "so typically blind of the ramifications" and referring to Apple's "bonehead stunts". The fact is that I've been fighting with MS (built-in and most intentional) compatibility problems and issues all my life.It just amuses me when I see some MS user get upset over some third party software issue. : c)Although, I do agree that a simple image file would be best in this situation.: c)Thanks,MKOn Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 09:14 AM, John Peacock wrote:> 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.>> JohnSigned: Marc Kaiwi-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Hahahah ... I'm sorry, I just have to say one thing:As a mac user (all my life) I have to laugh at the statement "so typically blind of the ramifications" and referring to Apple's "bonehead stunts". The fact is that I've been fighting with MS (built-in and most intentional) compatibility problems and issues all my life.It just amuses me when I see some MS user get upset over some third party software issue. : c)Although, I do agree that a simple image file would be best in this situation.: c)Thanks,MKOn Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 09:14 AM, John Peacock wrote:> 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.>> JohnSigned: Marc Kaiwi-------------------------------------------------------------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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