(waves) Though agree completely about Docs not being web/non-paginated by default.
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Replying to @luis_in_brief
I know that it’s the standard for law and academia — but every single app is able to output HTML + graphics at this point. It should not be on the web. On a USB stick to bring to a print shop, sure
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Replying to @limi
Let's lunch! I can tell you about my dumbest, most glorious purchase, an ebook reader which supports one and only one file format (not html ;)
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Replying to @luis_in_brief @limi
The problem is not that HTML/CSS cannot display content as well as PDF, the problem is that browsers fail to print physically accurate representations--of anything. I fought and fought to improve printing support to avoid this problem, but I failed.
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Replying to @damons @luis_in_brief
For items that need to be printed, 100% agreed. But *only* PDFs online should not be the default in 2019. So many companies put e.g. their support documentation in PDF form online — when they should be able to export that to HTML quite easily. Not trying to kill PDF for print :)
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Replying to @limi @luis_in_brief
I'm probably wrong, and we should consult someone like
@davidbaron about this, but knowing in advance that one is dealing with 8.5x11 really affects standards and feature choices. Once we engineered unbounded layouts, printing fell to the wayside while writing the new code.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
I think there are different use cases for PDF on the Web: * some people use it because they want to offer something as a saveable package (e.g., a bank statement) for archival * some people care about the particular print layout * maybe others I think the first is likely bigger.
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Replying to @davidbaron @damons and
Tax forms strike me as the quintessential use case for PDF, where there’s a lot of instutitional/legal dependence on print layout looking exactly a certain way.
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(As I recall for a while Form 1040 was the top result when you searched for “pdf” on Google.)
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