http://kairosnews.org/taxonomy/term/151/feed/%2A The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://kairosnews.org/adobe-yahoo-test-running-ads-inside-pdf <p>For those of you who are not too enamored of the Adobe PDF format, I'm certain this is bound to raise hackles. I can sum up my feelings about the following announcement in two expletives: Yuck! and (sigh). From <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN2754715120071129">Reuters</a>, </p> <blockquote> Ads for Adobe PDF Powered by Yahoo, as the new service is known, presents publishers with an alternative to conventional subscriptions, which, if widely adopted, could open up a new model based on free, ad-supported publishing, analysts said.<br /><br /> The service allows publishers to generate revenue by including text-based ads linked to the specific content of an Adobe PDF page. The advertisements can only run in a side panel separated from the publication's actual content.</blockquote> http://kairosnews.org/adobe-yahoo-test-running-ads-inside-pdf#comments adobe pdf yahoo Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:19:28 -0500 cel4145 5159 at http://kairosnews.org http://kairosnews.org/adobes-pdf-the-new-double-standard Well, I can't say I'm surprised: <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2662">Adobe has decided to get ugly</a> at Microsoft for trying to incorporate a "Save as PDF" function into its latest Office Suite. Yeah, I know for Microsoft haters this must seem like fried SPAM with honey (delicious, btw), but it just goes to show that you really can't trust any "open" standard controlled by a corporation. Adobe's attitude here is pure poison for the PDF as a universal format. I wrote about this subject in my dissertation and was lambasted for my comments about Adobe, who I warned was no more interested in "open" standards than Microsoft or Apple. http://kairosnews.org/adobes-pdf-the-new-double-standard#comments adobe microsoft patents pdf Sat, 3 Jun 2006 11:30:07 -0400 platypus matt 4735 at http://kairosnews.org