[Ham-Computers] Re Assistance Needed, Please

Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:09:50 -0600

I have been using ADOBE READERS since ver 3 and have not had any NOTICEABLE
problems
its a VERY GOOD product and I would probably pay for it if they ask me tooo
NOT SO WITH OTHER PRODUCTS ON THE NET like Norton or macaffe

Don
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Eimer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Re Assistance Needed, Please


> Oh, it's that bad - I send "protest" letters to websites that insist on
> posting everything in PDF format.  It's larger than HTML, it requires a
> proprietary reader.  While that reader is free, it's also junk - searching
> and printing don't always work, it has memory leaks, it locks up and/or
> crashes (not that other programs don't as well, but why is two programs
that
> crash better than one?)
>
> And it's not very friendly to the disabled, in a number of ways.
>
> I'm not disabled myself, but I'm a computer programmer, and sometimes have
> to "make" my programs accessible to the blind, etc.  And let me tell you,
> Acrobat Distiller's support for making text reader compatible PDFs is 10
> times worse than Word's, for example.
>
> Jay
> AD5PE
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Ahkolik" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Re Assistance Needed, Please
>
>
> > Duane,
> >
> > I wasn't aware that it was that bad, especially since I've
> > never had a problem with any Adobe product I've run,
> > although there's a compatibility issue with Acrobat Distiller
> > and Windows XP.
> >
> > Thanks for making things clearer for me. You've obviously
> > done your homework
> >
> > Paul In TX (CRP)
> > ARS W5PDA/KD5FDK
> >
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