Re: Sick of XOOM or GeoCities? - BUT XOOM GIVES OUT FREE 100 Megabytes!

From: "Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Night Flyer wrote in message <923918539.600233@linux2.cottagesoft.com>...
>>>>>I dont know if you have been to my site, but it is what I would call
>>>>>"graphic intensive" (about 400 graphics at a total of 4 megs) and they
>>>>>really dont take up that much room, if you are using PDFs then you
might
>>>>>have a valid argument for space...
>>>>>
>>>>Er, PDF compresses stuff about as much as anything else does.  Text it
>>>>compresses at least as efficiently as WinZip, and it uses JPEG normally
>for
>>>>graphics.  It is rare you can zip a PDF file more than 2-3%.
>>>
>>>
>>>what I am refering to is that most files I have seen for RPGs that are in
>>>PDF format average 100k, some less, some more.  AND if someone has
>bothered
>>>to do a PDF file, more than likely they have something to say in it so it
>>>will take up a bit of room
>>>
>>Acrobat has a little bit of overhead, but not much.  Even on 20k files,
>>they're usually smaller than most other viable options for online
>>distribution.  Mind you, that's not to say they're always the right
choice,
>>especially on small files.  But in terms of compressing, they're usually
>>very efficient.
>
>
>oh, I agree with you there, problem is, once you get a PDF writer some
>people (me) have a tendancey to convert EVERYTHING to PDF :)
>
And since PDFWriter is the easiest to get (comes with some
versions of Word and other apps), it *is* a problem.  It's a nice
format for some types of distribution, especially anything where
format is important.  But it's not perfect for everything

Terry Austin

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Re: Sick of XOOM or GeoCities? - BUT XOOM GIVES OUT FREE 100 Megabytes!
"Night Flyer" <night_flyer@SPAMKILLERjuno.com>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Sick of XOOM or GeoCities? - BUT XOOM GIVES OUT FREE 100 Megabytes!
"Night Flyer" <night_flyer@SPAMKILLERjuno.com>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Sick of XOOM or GeoCities? - BUT XOOM GIVES OUT FREE 100 Megabytes!
taustin@hyperbooks.com (Terry Austin)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Sick of XOOM or GeoCities? - BUT XOOM GIVES OUT FREE 100 Megabytes!
taustin@hyperbooks.com (Terry Austin)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Sick of XOOM or GeoCities? - BUT XOOM GIVES OUT FREE 100 Megabytes!
"cybermessiah" <cybermessiah@geocities.com>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Sick of XOOM or GeoCities? - BUT XOOM GIVES OUT FREE 100 Megabytes!
mythusmage@funtv.com (Alan Kellogg)
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Sick of XOOM or GeoCities? - BUT XOOM GIVES OUT FREE 100 Megabytes!
"Night Flyer" <night_flyer@SPAMKILLERjuno.com>
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Sick of XOOM or GeoCities? - BUT XOOM GIVES OUT FREE 100 Megabytes!
"Night Flyer" <night_flyer@SPAMKILLERjuno.com>
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000
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