Re: Flash as the Vector Standard on the Web?

[Geoffrey J. Swenson]

John Dowdell wrote:

> 

> But PostScript is verbose. It was not designed for compactness. Artwork in

> Shockwave for FreeHand was quite smaller than PDF. The Flash file format is

> more compact still.

> 

> (You can see this ponderousness in the product literature brochures used on

> some websites... large PDF files that would be more compact as HTML.)


The size is SOMETIMES worth the download, especially if it is a document

I

will use over and over locally. The PDF is actually laid out, so I can

print

actual, fully comprehensible pages without having to waste paper on

weird 

HTML layouts. It can use fonts without fear of them not being on the

other end.

It can have PRECISE layout.


I downloaded a 3 MB software manual for a product I use alot and it has

been

very useful.


But when companies use 1.5 mb PDF's for 3 page tech sheets, it is rather

wasteful.

HTML in this case would be much better.


-- 

Geoffrey J. Swenson

technoGRAPHIC Solutions

geoffreynwlink [dot] com

http://www.nwlink.com/~geoffrey/resume/res_wel.html



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