Posted by Steve on 09/26/07 14:44

"Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
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> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>
>> CSS can somewhat get you there. But if you need a specific layout, you
>> need to create a pdf.
>
> Or Word doc, or Open Document... any desktop publishing app will do,
> really.
> In fact, I'd even go so far as to say that using MS Word is better than
> PDF because MS Word uses the industry standard - HTML/CSS - for both web
> page and document format.

and by 'industry standard', you mean IE interpretation...yes? that is, since
it's the same code base ie uses. 'member, it's part of the os for a reason.

> Beyond that, I'm on a new bare-bones system that came with WindowsXP and
> nothing else.
> In the past, I've been kinda surprised when I'd click on a link in a
> google search, and see Adobe fire up.
> Since my system was/is kinda weak - that means load-time.
>
> By just NOT having a PDF plugin, I avoid getting content in an unexpected
> or undesirable format.

which is all a moot point if the user is expecting to get a pdf when
clicking a link or submitting a form that says, 'download as pdf'. who said
anything about just 'firing up' adobe whenever i feel like it? don't project
bad design on anyone here!

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