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It's a real disaster that Adobe Reader sucks so much. PDF is a wonderful document format - other readers open it in seconds and it works on everything (includin
by notauser 18y ago
It's a real disaster that Adobe Reader sucks so much. PDF is a wonderful document format - other readers open it in seconds and it works on everything (including Linux, OS X and most phones). But thanks to Adobe if you ever send a PDF file to a windows user you get a five minute rant about how much PDF sucks and can you send it as a wonderful, efficient docx instead :/
- eru 18y agohttp://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/why-not-pdf.html http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/why-not-pdf.html Synopsis: PS or PS.gz is even better than pdf.
- newt0311 18y agoI should point out that the article is incorrect. Namely, PDF is a complete superset of PS. Furthermore, it is capable of supporting non-printer specific properties like digital signatures and even external files and animation, none of which are supported by PS. (And before you say that animation is useless, imagine using PDF for presentations). Try reading the PDF 1.6 standard sometime (its dry like all standards but it gives a demonstration of what PDF is capable of).
- mleonhard 18y agoAre you sure that PDF is a superset of PS? Which parts of PostScript are part of the Portable Document Format?
- bayareaguy 18y agoI'm not familiar with the new stuff in PDF/PS but I'd say it probably depends on the specific versions. At the very least anything that adheres to EPS has always been part of PDF.
- wmf 18y agoNot for portability. Do most Windows users have PS viewers installed?
- eru 18y agoThat's right. And that's why I did not write it as my own opinion. 'Social' reasons make pdf better in this regard. I still prefer html for reading on-screen, though.
- markbao 18y agoYeah. PDF is awesome. Acrobat Reader isn't.