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minus-squareCannedYeet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 hours agoAlso, and a lot of people get this wrong, but the P is silent
minus-square🧟♂️ Cadaver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 minutes agoOnly when sitting, not standing.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·7 hours agoUnironically, the most incompetent and technically annoying file format to work with.
minus-squareOascany@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 hours agoAnnoying to edit, yeah, but it’s a pretty good format for making sure no information on the page moves around. My hypothesis is that Adobe Acrobat is so bad that people have started hating pdf.
minus-squareDaleGribble88@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·33 minutes agoAs someone who has had to work with PDFs from a technical perspective, PDF is hot mess of a file format. The fact it works at all is as much a testament to mankind’s arrogance and stubborness as the city of Phoenix existing.
minus-squareOascany@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 minutes agoI work with pdfs as a designer and they’ve been pretty trustworthy, but I am now burdened with the knowledge that they are a mess behind the scenes.
Published. Document. Format.
The P stands for Portable
Also, and a lot of people get this wrong, but the P is silent
Only when sitting, not standing.
Doh, you’re right. My bad.
Unironically, the most incompetent and technically annoying file format to work with.
Annoying to edit, yeah, but it’s a pretty good format for making sure no information on the page moves around.
My hypothesis is that Adobe Acrobat is so bad that people have started hating pdf.
As someone who has had to work with PDFs from a technical perspective, PDF is hot mess of a file format. The fact it works at all is as much a testament to mankind’s arrogance and stubborness as the city of Phoenix existing.
I work with pdfs as a designer and they’ve been pretty trustworthy, but I am now burdened with the knowledge that they are a mess behind the scenes.