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I shouldn't have to have some proprietary, third-party plugin to read text or view simple images. Would that make http://www.scribd.com http://www.scribd.com t
by angstrom 19y ago
I shouldn't have to have some proprietary, third-party plugin to read text or view simple images.
Would that make http://www.scribd.com http://www.scribd.com the antithesis to your statement? It solves the problem of viewing documents that would otherwise require a special plugin or application.
- technoguyrob 19y agoNo, because he preceded his statement with "If all your site does is provide information." It is fair to assume if you provide information, you can choose the format for providing that information. That is, you don't have to provide PDF's, you can put it straight into the HTML. In fact, that's his entire point. Whether it's a PDF or a Flash file, that's not necessary. It's just text, so it should be rawly embedded into the page.
- paulgb 19y agoThere is no need for flash just to view a document. Just convert it to an image on the server. I hacked together a script that did this in an afternoon once, so it is doable. Using flash has some benefits, but it's not impossible without it.