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What I find ironic is that, in every story about this that I've looked at so far, the draft documents -- if provided at all -- are provided in some kind of host

What I find ironic is that, in every story about this that I've looked at so far, the draft documents -- if provided at all -- are provided in some kind of hosted file viewer. The first instance I saw used Scribd; this uses something else. I feel this is a legitimate circumstance for the use of "WTF". Is a simple PDF or other format of linked document beyond us, now?

mtogo 16y ago
But PDFs aren't cloud. Don't you like the cloud?
- pasbesoin 16y ago
  Please, I get enough cloud from my clients.
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  - 18pfsmt 16y ago
    You can download the documents directly from scribd or dockstok (sp?). Most of us just want to read them w/o DLing the whole frickin file. Do you have any counter points to actually refute the claims in the post? I'd be interested to here about them rather than a document embedding trend that you disagree with.
    - kalleboo 16y ago
      The PDF file was 720 KB. The Scribd reader page was 3.1 MB (800+KB of JavaScript alone). So the PDF would actually load quicker than the cloud reader.
      - hammock 16y ago
        It takes so long for Adobe to load etc., Then once it loads you have to zoom out, scroll between pages instead of clicking between them, etc. The trend of viewing pdfs in scribd is a good one from my perspective.
        RyanKearney 16y ago
        Guess you don't use Chrome's built-in PDF reader, or any other reader for that matter. Loading up Adobe Reader to view a simple PDF is like using Microsoft Word to open a txt file.
        hammock 16y ago
        @ryankearney i'm using whatever standard plugin comes with firefox. i'm open to suggestions if there's a better way (with firefox)
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        mtogo 16y ago
        Get rid of Adobe reader and use a real PDF reader, then.
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        kalleboo 16y ago
        Ah, I've never had that problem since both Chrome and Safari have native PDF renderers that load instantly. And Scribd just sent me 10(ten) e-mails since I had the audacity to log in using Facebook and it decided to go all social on me and add all my friends one by one. No thanks.
        18pfsmt 16y ago
        I'm sorry to laugh, but that is truly funny. I've never registered out of fear of that exact scenario. I hope you can get thse folks out of your hair :)

mtogo 16y ago

But PDFs aren't cloud. Don't you like the cloud?

pasbesoin 16y ago
Please, I get enough cloud from my clients.
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- 18pfsmt 16y ago
  You can download the documents directly from scribd or dockstok (sp?). Most of us just want to read them w/o DLing the whole frickin file. Do you have any counter points to actually refute the claims in the post? I'd be interested to here about them rather than a document embedding trend that you disagree with.
  - kalleboo 16y ago
    The PDF file was 720 KB. The Scribd reader page was 3.1 MB (800+KB of JavaScript alone). So the PDF would actually load quicker than the cloud reader.
    - hammock 16y ago
      It takes so long for Adobe to load etc., Then once it loads you have to zoom out, scroll between pages instead of clicking between them, etc. The trend of viewing pdfs in scribd is a good one from my perspective.
      - RyanKearney 16y ago
        Guess you don't use Chrome's built-in PDF reader, or any other reader for that matter. Loading up Adobe Reader to view a simple PDF is like using Microsoft Word to open a txt file.
      - hammock 16y ago
        @ryankearney i'm using whatever standard plugin comes with firefox. i'm open to suggestions if there's a better way (with firefox)
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      - mtogo 16y ago
        Get rid of Adobe reader and use a real PDF reader, then.
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      - kalleboo 16y ago
        Ah, I've never had that problem since both Chrome and Safari have native PDF renderers that load instantly. And Scribd just sent me 10(ten) e-mails since I had the audacity to log in using Facebook and it decided to go all social on me and add all my friends one by one. No thanks.
        18pfsmt 16y ago
        I'm sorry to laugh, but that is truly funny. I've never registered out of fear of that exact scenario. I hope you can get thse folks out of your hair :)