If the PDF version was attributed to certain AI version number, could the import menu be changed to "Import *.ai (AI version <x.x)" until PDF Import functionality exists?
I agree that the PDF ones might be more common, but that does not make the functionality useless. An additional suggestion is to have the importer do enough format checking to give a friendly error message "Sorry - this file format not supported" -- Error when importing/opening .ai files https://launchpad.net/bugs/51490 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs