Future of PDF format - Page 2

Freeshadow · 03-21-2015, 04:25 AM

What faltradl said (esp. PDF/A) + the legalese part of the game.
As long as there will be stuff which one is safer with having it signed stamped and stored in computer independent ways (contracts, confirmations, certificates) pdfs will remain

GERGE · 03-21-2015, 04:30 AM

PDFs aren't for reading books, but we always scan send documents in our law office with pdf.

EowynCarter · 03-21-2015, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by rkomar

Yes. I download both PDF and EPUB versions of technical books from O'Reilly, and I usually end up using the PDF versions. The EPUBs will do in a pinch, but code examples, formulas and tables are just better in the PDFs.

I buy books from o'reilly too

And same, i end up using the pdf.

crane3 · 03-21-2015, 01:27 PM

PDFs are also sent by financial advisors/investments to those who are able or prefer the monthly & quarterly documents for online viewing. Also some documents for voting are also sent via a PDF file.

The EPUB format don't address those using a Kindle & don't have any interest in doing extra stuff to read a book in EPUB; the azw(3) is good enough for reading a book.

fratermus · 03-21-2015, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I don't see a professional environment (business, engineering and so on) sending offers, specifications and so on, when a no modification approach is needed, sending epub format.

PDF can be hacked or recreated. AFAIK the only solid way to prove a document is unmodified is with crypto hash/sig. And that would apply to any format.

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03-21-2015, 04:25 AM	#16
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,792 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	What faltradl said (esp. PDF/A) + the legalese part of the game. As long as there will be stuff which one is safer with having it signed stamped and stored in computer independent ways (contracts, confirmations, certificates) pdfs will remain

03-21-2015, 04:30 AM	#17
GERGE Guru Posts: 732 Karma: 5797160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Istanbul Device: Kobo Libra	PDFs aren't for reading books, but we always scan send documents in our law office with pdf.

03-21-2015, 01:27 PM	#19
crane3 Guru Posts: 608 Karma: 5007204 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Calif Device: Fire hdx 8.9, Tab S2, Tab S5e, Aura ONE	PDFs are also sent by financial advisors/investments to those who are able or prefer the monthly & quarterly documents for online viewing. Also some documents for voting are also sent via a PDF file. The EPUB format don't address those using a Kindle & don't have any interest in doing extra stuff to read a book in EPUB; the azw(3) is good enough for reading a book.