[REBOL] Re: Updated REBOL Core PDF
From: berniegs:prodigy at: 7-Sep-2005 20:47
Hi,
Personally, I detest the PDF format for manuals and other
documentation. I much prefer HTML. It's quicker to download, and
it's much less cumbersome for reading and searching. And from
HTML, PDF lovers can easily and cheaply convert the HTML to PDF
via the freeware HTMLDOC program or the OpenOffice Writer. But
It's nearly impossible to go from a PDF document to another
format. In fact, HTML is one of the most versatile and flexible
formats for documentation because it can be easily formatted and
styled, and it is so easy to convert it to any number of other
formats with the styling preserved, e.g., DOC, PDB, PDF, RTF,
text, etc.
I find it very uncomfortable to read manuals on a PC screen,
even an HTML document, so I often download them to my PocketPC,
settle back in my easy chair, and have a good read. PDF
documents are enormous memory hogs, and Adobe's PPC reader
doesn't do a very good job with bookmarks, hyperlinks,
illustrations, etc. I'd be perfectly happy living in a world
where I'd never have to read another PDF document.
Bernie Schneider
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being
overwhelmed
by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try
it, you will
be lonely often and sometimes frightened. But no price is too
high to pay
for the privilege of owning yourself.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche --
