That’s sort of like saying “I’m overheating because my apartment is 32ᵒC, let’s turn on the heating and see how we feel once it’s 45ᵒC”
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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tech muggle here.
Could we just get rid of PDFs and switch to word docs and spread sheets instead? I know this will likely cause a slurry of consequences, especially in professional circles, but have you considered: fuck it.?
K thx bye.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Critical temperature = user friendly. TIL.
GreenDust@lemmings.world 2 months ago
Those have different purposes. Word/Excel documents are meant to be editable so that anybody who opens the file is able to add to it, etc. A PDF is effectively the opposite. A PDF is generally meant to be an immutable document that looks the same in any program that you use to open the file.
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean, fucking with a PDF isn’t exactly arcane knowledge, even after it’s been signed. It’s just cumbersome and tedious and requires counterintuitive actions like pressing Ctrl+P instead of Ctrl+S.
If their purpose is to be secure, they’re shit at their job.
GreenDust@lemmings.world 2 months ago
The purpose of a PDF is not security, obfuscation, etc. If you NEED to manipulate a PDF, then sure, it is technically possible to do so. But it takes knowledge and effort to do so. As you say, it’s cumbersome, tedious, and counterintuitive. The primary purpose of a PDF is to be a read-only document. On the other hand, Word/Excel documents are designed to be as simple as possible for anybody to edit as needed at any point.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
A screenshot does that.
BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
What if I don’t want to spend several hundred dollars per year to use a proprietary program that doesn’t run on my computer just to look at some documents?
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Open Office? Libre Office?
BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Are fine, but not 100% compatible with all Office files and very heavyweight for viewing a document.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
PDF is still shit, despite being open. Even a “minimal” viewer like mupdf has to carry a 100MB library with it. Interpreting them is arcane knowledge.
alternategait@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sounds like screen readers need some improvement.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Can we just create a standard that is content-centric and not representation-centric? We have screenshots nowadays for that.
Lighweight Markups are a good start. Pack it in a zip to carry media and good.
mghackerlady@leminal.space 2 months ago
No please, microsoft already has a monopoly I’d much rather the standard be open
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Open Office? Libre Office?