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
Excel sheets are rarely accessible to screen readers. Word documents are pretty good, but tedious if you’re just trying to like read something. PDF has the best accessibility support around (except HTML, but thats a whole other can of worms).
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?