SV: papers for archive.org

["Tommy Tyrberg" <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>]

I don't see this as a problem since you can choose in Acrobat Distiller
which version of PDF to create. I usually use 1.5 (=Acrobat 5.0
compatible). This is quite adequate for all normal needs and it is very
unlikely that anyone still uses an earlier version than that.
Furthermore it is almost always possible to open later versions of pdf
with earlier versions of Adobe Reader. You get a warning that all
features may not display correctly, but there is rarely any actual
problems.

Tommy Tyrberg


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Skickat: den 27 april 2010 19:53
Till: dinosaur@usc.edu
Ämne: Re: papers for archive.org

The latest version of Acrobat Reader for Mac OS9 is v5. 
No, not too many people using OS9 anymore, even though 
it is impervious to computer viruses and has tons of 
excellent free software available, but still, nothing 
should need a version of AR later than 4 or 5. 

The real problem is that Adobe has made an industry out 
of updating Acrobat Reader and they have a vested interest 
in seeing the latest version constantly downloaded. Then 
they set the default exporter in *Acrobat* to make any 
exported PDF--even if it's just plain text--*require* 
the very latest version of Acrobat Reader. etc. 

This is known as "western ingenuity" or "the free market". 


--- On Tue, 4/27/10, Richard W. Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu> wrote:

> From: Richard W. Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>
> Subject: Re: papers for archive.org
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 9:43 AM
>
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, David Marjanovic wrote:
> > Rescued from truncation:
> >
> >>  Who scans and uploads papers to
> archive.org..? As far as i can
> >>  tell,=20 anyone can.=A0 SO, if you're going
> to do this, please make
> >>  your PDF=20 compatible with Acrobat Reader 5
> or later (or better yet,
> >>  AR4 or=20 later).=20
> >>
> >>  "Portable document format" doesn't mean
> anything when you have to=20
> >>  keep downloading the latest version of
> Acrobat reader. It's idiotic
> >>  to=20 make a PDF that requires Acrobat
> Reader 6 or later. Thanks.=20
> >>
> >>  Paul P.
> >
> > Incidentally, I disagree. Acrobat Reader is free, so
> you _can_ simply
> > download the latest version (currently 8). Or do the
> newer versions not
> 
> Actually, 9.something  ;)
> 
> > work on all operating systems?
> >
> > That said, pdfs of scientific papers are rather
> unlikely to require
> > features that weren't yet available in version 3.
> 
> Yes and no. I've seen a couple folks here have problems
> downloading with  older versions of the Adobe reader.
>