Re: [TCLUG:14011] [rant] pdf on the web

["Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <carls@agritech.com>]

>Well, I have nothing against *.pdf in and of itself -- sometimes I kind of
>like that I have some "Ebooks".  I have a GIMP one that's way handy to
>use.
        they'd be fine, if a) the pages fit on a screen, at less than
1280x1024 resolution and b) had a browser that made navigation as easy as it
is in netscrape or the like.
        I remember reading some scientific .ps docs on a Sparc 5, years ago;
and it wasn't bad. not a bad use of the technology at all (tho I still would
have preferred HTML or even plain text). still, it was acceptable because
the Sparc had a big screen and plenty of processing power.

>site on the web missed the whole idea of HTML in the first place.  I'd
>even go so far as to say that I have a constant background peeve process
>running all the time with lots of *graphics* on the web (not to mention
>audio, video, chat, etc...)
        I had an icon on my web page (before the school realized that I
haven't gone to school there for years, and removed my account); that said
"No Scary Audio [on this page]".
        personally, I miss the days of Gopher and telnetting to MUDs. when
"the  Internet" meant e-mail and telnet.
        then again, I'm the backwards sort of person who thinks that most of
the increases in computing power since the 386; have done little more than
let people browse porn faster. ;>

>For a document with lots of figures, like a complicated mechanical parts
>menu, it might be an efficient way to let someone download and view a doc,
>but you sure don't need it for a price list.
        it's great for documents that are intended to be printed out on
8.5"x11" paper. (we all know what HTML looks like when printed.)
        other than that; it's a hindrance.

>I hear you.  In this consumer electronics age, what keeps you from killing
>small animals in your backyard weeknights?<g>
        because animals generally haven't done anything to bother/hurt me.
humans, on the other hand, are far more deserving of my displeasure. ;>

Carl Soderstrom
System Administrator    307 Brighton Ave. 
Minnesota DHIA	        Buffalo, MN	
carls@agritech.com      (612) 682-1091