To:
devinfo@netscape.com, dev-news@netscape.com
Subject:
PDF format in DevEdge News, Vol. 2 #24, 97/12/05
Date:
Mon, 08 Dec 1997 22:21:01 -0500
From:
Greg Holmes <gregh@ghservices.com>
Organization:
GH Services
I just read in your latest DevEdge News of your intention of
releasing "more" documents in PDF format.
This is completely unnecessary.
The PDF format is not needed for the documents given the fact that
they are available as Web pages already. All you need to do is
"ZIP" up the collection of pages that make up, for example, the
JavaScript Guide.
Of course, your penchant for using the full URL in the source code of your
hyperlinks (such as "http://developer.netscape.com/library/navigate.html"
instead of simply "navigate.html") will cause a problem, but
certainly less than converting to PDF.
My connection to the Internet is not a full-time one, so I have
been using my own local copy of some of your documents, which I
have had to edit to remove these over-specified hyperlinks.
Part of the value of HTML files is the "View Source" option,
which allows me to see how it was done. This is not available
in PDF, which is a closed format. Also, I am sure that you had to
"simulate" the results of example HTML code in the PDF file, whereas
they would easily show in the browser, if implemented in real HTML.
Of course, if there is some kind of "business deal" between you and
Adobe, then my input is certainly not going to mean much!
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