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I meant it in the "What is this shit?" or "What is this, 2004?" sense. There's no reason to use PDFs, especially when we're talking about developers and develo
by nilved 13y ago
I meant it in the "What is this shit?" or "What is this, 2004?" sense. There's no reason to use PDFs, especially when we're talking about developers and development. I'm not going to install a program just to view your document.
- claystu 13y agoWhat are you running that can't view a pdf?
- nilved 13y agoIt's not as much "can't view a pdf" as it is "not willing to pull in 20 packages and dependencies to view a pdf." You might as well send it around as a spreadsheet: who doesn't have Excel installed??? I appreciate the text-based version that was posted in this thread, thank you!
- nantes 13y agoI don't have Excel installed, but can PDFs just fine, thank you.
- twright0 13y agoIf you're working solely in an environment so minimal and obscure that it can't view a PDF, I think you've lost the right to be catered to (and complain) when it comes to document format decisions. The comparison to Excel is absurd; PDF is an open format and has been for more than five years.
- mastermojo 13y agowhat system are you running such that viewing a pdf takes 20 packages and dependencies? How are you on hacker news if you can't get your system to view pdfs?