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Unrelated to the real topic at hand: I find telling that an antiquated software company is choosing to publish stuff as PDF. I usually refuse to open such links
by soco 6y ago
Unrelated to the real topic at hand: I find telling that an antiquated software company is choosing to publish stuff as PDF. I usually refuse to open such links - my personal choice of course - because I can't see any valid reason to use it in this context. Yeah PDF for printed forms, but anything else makes no sense to me, yet it's way more used that I could imagine.
- snazz 6y agoPDFs are a great file format for digitally viewing print-style publications. This document appears to be in the style of a print publication, not a web page. Here's an example of two far less antiquated technology companies using a PDF for something that could also have been a web page, but was found to make more sense as a print-style publication: https://blog.google/documents/73/Exposure_Notification_-_FAQ_v1.1.pdf https://blog.google/documents/73/Exposure_Notification_-_FAQ...
- jl6 6y agoBoy did that document header logo send a chill down my spine at the thought of the ultimate mega-merger of consumer tech.
- soco 6y agoOf course it is for printing, yet we are viewing it on the web. Is anybody actually printing any of those announcements? Or is the thought that a "printing look" would confer a document more weight in the eyes of some consumers?