Re: report: iOS9 adds "print to PDF"

> Serious question: if it was “Save as HTML + CSS” or “save as X” for
> any other X, would you be less sad, and why?

Top of my list would be epub3,  but Apple's iBooks Author format would make
sense.

Given the quality of the website-to-epub generators I've encountered, that
seems like a much harder problem. But even a non-optimal solution might
provide a better experience than a page-sized PDF on small screen. In
combination with something like readability/pocket/etc or "save selection",
the content could even shine.

> What data would you have in other formats that you don’t have for PDF?

I suppose that comes down to the quality of the files, i.e., whether they
are "plain old" PDFs (glyphs on a canvas) or pdf/a or even using
Flash/JS/etc to represent more complex content. Assuming it's just glyphs
with positions, then it seems to me almost all markup is lost whereas
HTML/CSS-based formats like epub and iBA can retain parts of the original
structure.

Don't get me wrong, I understand why one would ship a PDF generator (i.e.,
for all the usual reasons); but it doesn't stop me from wondering if
whoever decided that this is a good feature for mobile devices also
thought: "but really, we need a better way".

Peter.



On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com> wrote:

>  Serious question: if it was “Save as HTML + CSS” or “save as X” for
> any other X, would you be less sad, and why?
>
>  What data would you have in other formats that you don’t have for PDF?
>
>  Seriously. It’s really hard to get down to requirements.
>
>
>   On 6/27/15, 8:48 AM, "Ivan Herman" <ivan@w3.org> wrote:
>
>   Me too...
>
>  Ivan
>
> ---
> Ivan Herman
>  Tel:+31 641044153
> http://www.ivan-herman.net
>
>  (Written on mobile, sorry for brevity and misspellings...)
>
>
>
> On 27 Jun 2015, at 16:15, Peter Krautzberger <
> peter.krautzberger@mathjax.org> wrote:
>
>   Just something I came across,
> https://twitter.com/fakebaldur/status/614794685559742464
>
>  Quote: "It’s particularly useful for webpages, since it keeps all the
> text, and makes it searchable and copyable unlike, say, taking a
> screenshot."
>
>  I admit this makes me somewhat sad :-(
>  Peter.
>
>