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True but in name it was supposed to be portable. They definitely got that right first, thus the prevailing winds but it is not the only format that prints well
by drawkbox 18y ago
True but in name it was supposed to be portable. They definitely got that right first, thus the prevailing winds but it is not the only format that prints well now and it is also not the only "portable" format. PDF was commonly used as a locked out portable format (unchangable) for "security" as well.
Maybe ODF or Flash docs (now that SWF is open) will win out. I was just saying that Adobe essentially killed Flashpaper as it was starting to take hold, if you look at the history literally right after it hit the scene Adobe bought Macromedia.
- markbao 18y agoInteresting that in the absence of Flashpaper, similar service iPaper (Scribd) is taking off.
- unalone 18y agoI like iPaper a lot. I think that it does a very good job of displaying content, and it does it much faster than PDFs. At the same time, there're a few disadvantages: for instance, I can't fill out a form using iPaper. I think the three big things about iPaper that make it not-so-easily-adaptable ATM are as follows: first, you need to use Scribd to use iPaper, so it adds a layer of complexity; second, it doesn't integrate well into a web site's layout, so text has an advantage over it in terms of styling; third, and most importantly, when you embed iPaper it's impossible to read unless you click for a full view. That being said, I've been watching Scribd for exactly this reason. Hopefully, they have ideas for expanding it further and making it into an acceptable web format, for the sake of all of us logorrheics in the world.