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#2Scribd has a lot of value in sharing documents online. The scribd API is implemented in a business application that I built and run. The documents automatically upload to scribd and appear as iPaper on the page. So not only can you download the file, you can view it with out having to leave the browser. The users love this feature.
It compliments the files... not replacing the format or w/e the argument here was.
I like to post videos to youtube, as do millions of other people do, to share with other people in a quick and easy way. If it was meant to be downloaded I would of hosted the file and done both. They both serve different purposes.
At the same time the proprietary nature of the formats are expect if these companies are ever going to make money. Apparently that's been a problem for these companies.
Anyway, lets not take an angry rant too seriously.
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#3Scribd conversion is done automatically when someone submits a PDF to HN. I find it annoying too, but its not their fault.
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#4Scribd has a lot of value in sharing documents online. The scribd API is implemented in a business application that I built and run. The documents automatically upload to scribd and appear as iPaper on the page. So not only can you download the file, you can view it with out having to leave the browser. The users love this feature. It compliments the files... not replacing the format or w/e the argument here was. I l…
"If it was meant to be downloaded..."
That's the problem. The original author/publisher DID mean to have the PDF downloadable, and people posting to HN DID mean to link to that PDF.
HN/Scribd throw themselves into the middle of that. They redirect you to their online version, and ask you to register before you can download. It's annoying and not what people want.
Scribd is pretty nice, I like it. But the autolinking at HN is a bum idea.
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#5Scribd has a lot of value in sharing documents online. The scribd API is implemented in a business application that I built and run. The documents automatically upload to scribd and appear as iPaper on the page. So not only can you download the file, you can view it with out having to leave the browser. The users love this feature. It compliments the files... not replacing the format or w/e the argument here was. I l…
> So not only can you download the file, you can view it with out having to leave the browser. The users love this feature.
Perhaps your users should get a browser that supports plugins to allow in-browser viewing of PDF. Then again, since _all_ browsers support these plugins and even ie/windows users can get a good pdf handler like foxit I really don't see why you would want to use scribd.
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#6Scribd has a lot of value in sharing documents online. The scribd API is implemented in a business application that I built and run. The documents automatically upload to scribd and appear as iPaper on the page. So not only can you download the file, you can view it with out having to leave the browser. The users love this feature. It compliments the files... not replacing the format or w/e the argument here was. I l…
> So not only can you download the file, you can view it with out having to leave the browser. The users love this feature. Perhaps your users should get a browser that supports plugins to allow in-browser viewing of PDF. Then again, since _all_ browsers support these plugins and even ie/windows users can get a good pdf handler like foxit I really don't see why you would want to use scribd.
Are you serious?
Its a business application. All my users still use IE6. Nothing like enterprise IT.
I've managed to convince 5 of them to FF3 at a meeting yesterday.
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#7Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=222520 (which is in turn a "dupe" of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=217682)
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#8Scribd conversion is done automatically when someone submits a PDF to HN. I find it annoying too, but its not their fault.
Actually, it doesn't anymore. That was recently turned off.
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#9 I will suggest Scribd talking with Macromedia or some PDF style company; they should just convert documents in PDF like format instead of trying to reinvent the toothbrush.