Document Viewer can not open latest PDF?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Tue Feb 2 23:03:14 UTC 2010


Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
>   That NIH insists on using Adobe Reader is indeed disturbing. But
> then, what is the alternative to Adobe Reader, if free software
> apparently does not support the latest PDF?

Paper, as they have used in the past? A set of regular PDFs, one per form 
(and the fancy JavaScript-loaded crap as an alternative for the people who 
can't figure it out)? There are plenty of alternatives which wouldn't lock 
users into proprietary software. You should not give those bureaucrats a 
free pass for this! (That you have to deal with it is one thing, but that 
you then defend their unreasonable choice doesn't make sense.)

        Kevin Kofler



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