Comments on: The mandatory apologia http://walt.lishost.org/2006/08/the-mandatory-apologia/ The library voice of the radical middle. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:23:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2006/08/the-mandatory-apologia/comment-page-1/#comment-15012 walt Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:00:12 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=358#comment-15012 I have no problem with people reading HTML on the screen; that’s why I do the HTML versions. As for searching within the text, I can do that just fine in PDF documents (click on Find, key in string, get list of occurrences and pointing at first occurrence), but your mileage may vary.

Angel: If you’re able to upgrade to Adobe Reader 7, you should have better luck. Version 6 is sort of a mess.

Meanwhile, I’ll keep the HTML coming.

[Oh, hey, I have to have the latest & greatest. My home PC--where all this happens--is brand new. As of July 8, 2002, that is. Longest I've ever owned a PC...and with very little urge to replace it. At least until Vista comes out.]

]]> By: Judith Siess http://walt.lishost.org/2006/08/the-mandatory-apologia/comment-page-1/#comment-15006 Judith Siess Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:55:06 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=358#comment-15006 I am also an HTML person, primarily because it allows me to search within the text for specific blogs or words of interest. I don’t print it out in HTML, of course.

]]> By: Angel http://walt.lishost.org/2006/08/the-mandatory-apologia/comment-page-1/#comment-14974 Angel Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:30:09 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=358#comment-14974 I am probably one of the HTML folks. I don’t print it out, but I do read it on screen. PDF’s, at least at home, freeze up my older laptop half the time, so I avoid them like the plague (yes, I know, I probably should upgrade, but not happening anytime soon on my salary, haha. How those other librarians who post pics of their new laptops every six months do it is beyond me, but I disgress). At work, I can read PDF’s better, but if I get HTML, that is where I go. I often read your work a little at a time given my schedule, so looking at it here and there not a problem. And yes, your effort is always worthwhile. I know someone out there some day is going to look back and be glad you were doing it. Best, and keep on blogging.

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