Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Just to butt in here after the conversation is finished - the reason screen shots are now PDF files in OSX is that they are handled by Quartz - the PDF based graphics engine. You used to be able to screen shot in other formats but it was slow as buggery, at least now they are fast. Oh, and PDF is getting MUCH faster in OSX soon .. Alain > >> It's native on OSX. (Doing a screenshot in OSX produces a .pdf now). > > That is so typically blind of the ramifications (not just Apple pulls > boneheaded > stunts, in other words). Adobe is very good at making it seem like a > reasonable > thing to do [to use PDF's everywhere] because it makes _them_ money. PDF's > are > usually [much] larger than the comparable storage method, without any > advantages. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Just to butt in here after the conversation is finished - the reason screen shots are now PDF files in OSX is that they are handled by Quartz - the PDF based graphics engine. You used to be able to screen shot in other formats but it was slow as buggery, at least now they are fast. Oh, and PDF is getting MUCH faster in OSX soon .. Alain > >> It's native on OSX. (Doing a screenshot in OSX produces a .pdf now). > > That is so typically blind of the ramifications (not just Apple pulls > boneheaded > stunts, in other words). Adobe is very good at making it seem like a > reasonable > thing to do [to use PDF's everywhere] because it makes _them_ money. PDF's > are > usually [much] larger than the comparable storage method, without any > advantages. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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