Does Anyone Else Hate PDFs As Much As I Do?

Status
Not open for further replies.
AdHustler

AdHustler

New member
Aug 24, 2007
4,377
44
0
I hate PDFs. I hate opening them. I hate looking at them. I hate everything about them. Do you hate PDFs as much as i do?
 


Actually I'm quite impressed with Adobe. They've made a cross platform (mac/pc/linux) file that renders the exact same on screen when viewed with any computer or on paper. That in and of itself is relatively impressive.

I also like the fact they have copyright on acrobat but not the PDF file extension or format. This allows people like open office and web sites to use this "standard" file type without restrictions.

Furthermore, have you noticed that acrobat allows you to embed both vector and raster artwork at any resolution? They also support embedded fonts, html links & tables of contents.

So hate ... no. I think I'm in love
 
I'm actually the opposite I love PDF's. Even like chm files. The only thing about PDF's I hate are when you click on a link and it's a pdf file and there's no warning. The noscript plugin in firefox stops this but it's still an annoying thing to do to users.
 
From a SEO viewpoint I rather like them. It seems that Google enjoys ranking them, and it also seems to enjoy following the links inside.
 
stmadeveloper said:
From a SEO viewpoint I rather like them. It seems that Google enjoys ranking them, and it also seems to enjoy following the links inside.
Click to expand...

Take that a step further, they are quite good to embed your links into and distribute. Most people will have a real issue changing that link (or deleting it). If it's strictly html content (not PDF) even my 10 year old daughter can knock out those links and replace them with her own.
 
Or, you can change the action for opening PDF in Firefox here:
Tools -> Options -> Content -> File Types -> Manage

You can choose PDF and select the option to save to your disk instead of opening it.

blackthought286 said:
I'm actually the opposite I love PDF's. Even like chm files. The only thing about PDF's I hate are when you click on a link and it's a pdf file and there's no warning. The noscript plugin in firefox stops this but it's still an annoying thing to do to users.
Click to expand...
 
I just hate how long they take to open, and occasionally one will freeze firefox when I accidentally click a .pdf link :(
 
I totally absolutely love PDFs. =) Set the view to Two-Up Continuous, it is as good as reading a real book.
 
Nah, PDFs are quite good as it goes.

Not as good as sampunk's sig though - wawawewah!
 
There are so many reasons why PDF are a great format.

They allow almost any form of media to be inserted, from plain to text and hyperlinks, to various audio formats and even rotational 3D elements.
What's more, they can be rendered in either raster or vector, which make them fantastic for using as a base file to print from, even going so far as to incorporate fonts and effects into themselves so they're not needed as an end file.

They're also really compact. When I edited the layout for the magazine at Uni, we'd often use about 4gb on a single issue with all the hi-res graphics and what have you... the PDF file would shrink down to about 600mb, and come out from the printer's picture perfect.

They're also one of the few document types that doesn't fuck up majorly if you disk-span it across archives (useful for emailing larger files)
 
Great tool for reading. Especially when the monitor is sufficiently big enough for two continuous.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top Bottom