Shout out to the PDF

[two sheds]

PDF

libcom.org

they're not pdf they're html

 

[DaveCinzano]

they're not pdf they're html

HT(M-L)

 

[Fozzie Bear]

they're not pdf they're html

Scroll to the bottom of the page and new vistas of orgasmic PDF play will open up to you two sheds

 

[two sheds]

pdfs of pdf this is becoming fractal

 

[ska invita]

PDF

libcom.org

I really liked The Whinger....

 

[hitmouse]

PDFs are actually terrible for websites as they not accessible for so many people. Better to publish pamphlets and the like as html pages on your site and just have PDFs for emailing purposes.

Agreed, they're a bugger on phones.

 

[Sue]

they're not pdf they're html

Secrtarian shit.

 

[Dom Traynor]

how come not accessible?

What's the Difference Between PDF and Accessible PDF? | PDF Accessibility and Compliance

An accessible PDF is a PDF document that can be read and accessed by people with disabilities, primarily for the vision-impaired that may use assistive technology to read the file through text-to-speech or a Braille printout. A PDF document is considered accessible only if it meets a set of...

commonlook.com

So you can make them accessible but most don't.

 

[ska invita]

Traitor!

 

[danny la rouge]

View attachment 339666


Traitor!

Me? Probably. I hate PDFs.

 

[Dom Traynor]

I really liked The Whinger....

Produced by a former housemate of mine.

 

[RubyToogood]

how come not accessible?

If you've ever tried to look at one on a mobile phone you'll have seen part of the problem. They don't reflow /scale/ adapt well for people who need text bigger for instance and unless you know what you're doing when you make them (which people largely don't) they're terrible for screen reader users.

Fundamentally they're a hangover from print because they force a particular visual format. Comrade Traynor is correct.

Death to the reactionary PDF! Forward to the glorious HTML revolution!

 

[krink]

I thought this was Danny giving us a little pep talk letting us know we are looking pretty damn fine today.

 

[hitmouse]

Can PDF defenders, or anyone else, explain this?

I always just tell firefox to open everything in the browser, because why would you want things cluttering up your hard drive if they don't need to be there, whether they're pdfs or the accursed webp? But every few weeks this setting seems to reset itself and I have to go and change it again. What's all that about, eh?

 

[Lurdan]

Is your long suffering copy of Firefox getting sick of your tastes in browsing?