What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
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What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
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Re: What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
#2So one of the common uses for pdf is filling in digital forms, typically published by your government.
I didnt even see this addressed in the gigantic rant by author.
Instead they complained about Actobat Reader for DOS is slow and other random anecdotial evidence, none which imo supports his claim that pdf is good for nothing.
Re: What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
#3While I think the author makes some good points about the PDF format itself, this article is painfully outdated with many complaints about Acroreader and Netscape which are no longer remotely relevant.
Though the article does serve as an interesting time capsule. Kinda shows you how the more things change the more stay the same.
Re: What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
#4I happen to work in an industry (intl shipping) where we scan billions of PDF daily, and I have no clue, how would we share docs with all the parties involved ... 'sanely' ... if it were not for PDF, TIFF isn't good either .. PDF docs are like 3kb-10kb ... other than physical scan of papers ... however 'generated PDF docs' are 5kb at best.
Re: What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
#5Acrobat Reader is dog slow on...DOS? When is this published? The title should have [year].
Re: What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
#6Acrobat Reader is dog slow on...DOS? When is this published? The title should have [year].
The Last-Modified header says 2006, some of the links date to 1998
Re: What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
#7It's a widely used standard: The more people who can open and use PDF files, the more people who will prefer to create and distribute PDF files. Whether the PDF format is better or worse than the alternatives doesn't factor into people's decision to use it.
Re: What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
#8This post - and every technical post on the internet - needs a date stamp.
Please never blog or post anything without putting a date on it.
Re: What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)
#9PDF is good for creating documents which are decently accurate at preserving the form of the content, both in print and on paper, while being accessible on a wide range of platforms.
Sure, there are formats better for print presentation. There are also formats that are better at on-screen presentation. But PDF offers a decent tradeoff and can be opened, dare I say, on any device.
The article is being simplistic. It completely fails to address the main advantage of PDF, which is access on all platforms.