Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 51925
interpreted = N
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 . 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( Velma Kahn 2003)
  2. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( Clint Davis 2003)
  3. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( Alain Russell 2003)
  4. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( Stuart Tremain 2003)
  5. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( "Gary Krockover" 2003)
  6. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( John Peacock 2003)
  7. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( Donovan 2003)
  8. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( marc@kaiwi.com (Marc Kaiwi) 2003)
  9. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( "Gary Krockover" 2003)
  10. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( Donovan 2003)
  11. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( John Peacock 2003)
  12. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( Donovan 2003)
  13. Re: [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( John Peacock 2003)
  14. [OT] Mozilla | Was: R.I.P. Netscape ( Donovan 2003)
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/ Alain Russell

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