- From: Pascal Christoph <christoph@hbz-nrw.de>
- Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 11:01:35 +0200
- To: Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com>
- CC: "beyond-the-pdf@googlegroups.com" <beyond-the-pdf@googlegroups.com>, Linking Open Data <public-lod@w3.org>, SW-forum <semantic-web@w3.org>
Am 06.05.2013 18:11 schrieb Leonard Rosenthol : > On 5/6/13 12:03 PM, "Pascal Christoph" <christoph@hbz-nrw.de> wrote: > >>>>Given that generalization, PDF is not as Web friendly as HTML and >>>>friends, >>> >>> That is a definition that YOU have chosen. It is not one that is used by >>> any official standards body, government regulation, etc. As such, it's >>>use >>> creates confusion amongst the uninformed user and that's certainly >>> something none of us want. >> >>In the contrary , these official standard bodys are uninformed and thus >>is the >>normal user. > > They are? Can you provide an example of a recognized standards body - > W3C, ISO, ETSI, etc. - or a specific government regulation is that > "uninformed"?? Any "official standards body, government regulation" that would state that "PDF is as Web friendly as HTML and friends" is plainly misinforming. It is Bullshit. PDF is maybe best for printing. It is not good for websites. And not only because it is not as convenient as HTML and friends to do the things you want. You would understand if you would program . Most websites could be of PDFs , but they are (surprise surprise) not. And thats not because of misinformed users, ideology or the right/wrong believe, but rather buried in the foundations of the underlying technics. >>There are many Articles explaining the cons (and pros) of PDF, e.g [1]. >> >>[1]http://www.siamcomm.com/website-design/using-pdf-files-pros-and-cons/ > > You will notice in the comments on that page that I noted (back in 2009!!) > just TWO features of PDF that the author of the article was UNIFORMED > aboutŠ yes, but even with your mentioned two features PDF still is not as web friendly. And considering the PDF feature of "loading the first site" (which is still not streaming, btw.) being possible than more than 10 years: why is this not the standard when creating PDFs? Note, even if it were standard, it is still not stream based. What is with all the unix processing tools? Using PDF is, at last, harder. All my statements above are just my own opinion and based on my own experiences and not necessarily the truth. pascal
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