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On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:34:21PM +0000, tom wrote: > Martijn Grooten wrote: >> Most ebook-readers are paper shaped aren't they? I would love to have >> a paper shaped laptop or desktop monitor; almost everything I do on my >> computer (programming, browsing websites, reading stuff) would benefit >> from portrait-oriented screens. Not sure why no one makes them. I've seen some in the past but nothing recently, not sure if a widescreen display swivelled round would match at all. >> I still think a portable document format (i.e. PDF) is a great idea: >> platform independent, what you see is what you print. It's just that >> Acrobat felt they needed to constantly "improve" their well-working >> reader, creating security holes along the way. >> I'll be the first to admit I use Adobe Reader on Windows (although I'm starting to wonder what the point of video embedded in a PDF is) but on Ubuntu I use the default built in reader, Evince is it? >> > But PDF doesnt do ANY of the things it claims - its a complete lie on > all counts. > It only prints what you see if I use the exactly the same printer, have > exactly the same fonts installed and have just had it calibrated - I Hang on a sec, I've printed invoices in PDF format for customers. My business logo uses a Truetype font which when I export to PDF in OpenOffice the typeface is embedded exactly in the PDF (and in text form too so it can be converted to plain text). Doesn't matter if the recepient has the font or not or if they're running Windows, OSX or Linux. > know I used to work in the labelling industry where what is printed is > of utmost importance. PDF was no better than Word. It is just another > Pointless Document Format. So you keep saying, I'm starting to wonder though if you also believe the end of the world is nigh. > The only reason why Adobe keep 'improving' their product is so people > who are stupid enough to believe their claims keep paying more money for > new software. Oh I wouldn't pay for software to convert stuff to PDF, not when I can use CupsPDF or PDF Creator. Can't say I've looked at Adobe Acrobat in years so I'm not aware of it's new whizzo features. > If you have to print something that doesn't need a handwritten signature > then the document design is a failure. What? That doesn't make much sense. Should I be printing business cards, leaflets etc with my signature on? Or should I be sending copies out in HTML 1.0 on CD in ISO9660 format? Or do you mean private key signed documents? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html