Thread: Future of PDF format
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Old 03-20-2015, 09:03 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by faltradl View Post
Where are your problems? PDF ist one world an ebooks is an other. The fact epub etc. is better for ebooks is no reason to damn PDF. You say by yourself: "PDFs are still the best for paper printing." And for archiving, when you must submit paper with files. Then of course PDF/A.
PDF inherits its root and importance from the days of printers and now everywhere peoples are trying to go paperless be it publishing, newspaper, govt, business & organizations and I had the news other day that London police will use iPad for FIR. So I am not tossing the PDFs to a waste-bin but the pain comes from some PDF lover (writer) posted their work in a format which was well and better served using epub. But i admit that currently exporting to epub (and fixed layout) is not as easy as "print to pdf" Another thing they worry their work can be altered and PDF by default not editable.

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Adobe Flash will of course be replaced by alternative builtins for legacy content, e.g. Mozilla Shumway.
that was good to know!
Last edited by webroot; 03-20-2015 at 09:16 PM. Reason: typos
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