Anyway, I don´t consider PDF a proper "OPEN" standard, as it´s not designed by a global consortium like OASIS.
What about designing a new file format for this purpose and being part of OpenDocument? Some people said DjVu being accurate but lacking some features (vectorial image support?). I'm not a developer at all, but I think OpenDocument format family should evolve in this direction some day. PDF-based ISO standard follows a lying way similar to Mono and .NET: the open standard lags behind the official implementation. This is a very dangerous trap that is still giving too much advantages to Adobe over competitors. On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26 June 2011 01:15, Sean White <runicpala...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I dont thinks thats normal somehow, i have been using Adobe Reader for >> years >> and have NEVER had it come past 200MB. >> > > ISTR a whole load of adverising crap in one large Acrobat download. > > Back to discussion, what's with all the PDF hate. > > > Not hate, irritation by misuse. Hundreds of files to download that could > simply be in HTML pages (as Alexandro indicated). We get stuff originated in > whatever app and distributed in pdf format when it will never ever get > printed. In fact mostly you can produce a pdf from a web page if you really > need to anyway. I have 100 page application forms from the EU in Acrobat > that need huge hardware resources just to be usable. This stuff should be in > client server databases operated through web browsers not desktop pdf files. > I accept all this as transition noise as we move to mobile technologies and > the web. pdf was not originally designed for these purposes, it was designed > for systems putting the information on to paper and has been extended and > bloated accordingly. Arguably, rather like Office applications ;-). > > It serves a very good >> purpose a standard, editable document that shows up exactly how you want it >> WHEREVER you are and whatever OS you are using. > > > Not disputing that. If you want distribute a document accurately for > printing on paper, use pdf. > > >> this has always been its >> use and so it falls in a different document category to ODF. ODF is an >> office format created to compete with MSO's doc, xls an ppt formats. to >> essentially modify the underlying purpose to make it behave more like a PDF >> would waste most of what we have put into it. >> > > I agree, so let's look at the future and that is the web and mobile > tecnologies. How do we get LibO to the web? That would be a far better > priority for the use of resources. > > -- > Ian > > Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) > > www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 > > The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, > Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and > Wales. > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
