Hello,
I noticed that on the international free software law review, where we
use the Open Journal Systems, there was some link to Acrobat. So I asked
how to change it and suggested pdfreaders.org
You can see the bugzilla ticket here
http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6746
In the future, I hope that everyone using this software will update and
stop making advertisement for Acrobat.
Best,
Hugo
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Dear Andreas,
(feel free to fwd this to your mail-list or other devs)
I am Hannes of the German Team of FSFE. As you may know, we have been
doing a campaign on alternatives to Adobe's Acrobat Reader:
http://pdfreaders.org
Beside offering the web-site as a portal, we had a huge campaign to have
Adobe-Ads removed (or replaced) on european government and public
organisation web-sites. We even had questions asked in the EU parliament
concerning the issue. The FSF is thinking about doing a similar campaign
in the states, so we expect even more visitors in the future.
Anyway, we think it is really great that you are working on PDF.js,
especially since the Chrome PDF-plugin is proprietary (we were and are
in contact with Google on this, but it doesn't look like they will
release any code soon).
We wanted to know whether you would like us to advertise pdf.js on our
about page, thereby using some of our publicity to maybe get you more
attention (and possibly extra devs). Something along the lines:
"Help the Mozilla Foundation develop a Free Java-Script-based PDF-Reader
that works on all web-sites."
Of course, once it matures a bit further, we will also list it with the
readers on the front page (we are currently thinking about redesigning
that a little to feature browsers/plugins more prominently).
We would also like to point out that we will recommend Firefox, should
it ever ship with a Free Software PDF-plugin by default. Maybe that
helps you argue for adoption in Firefox down the line ;)
Happy new years celebrations!
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Apparently the attachment limit is to strict, so my mail from earlier
today didnt go through. Here it is again, attachments are at:
http://soulrebel.in-berlin.de/pub/pdfreaders_redesign/
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Hi folks,
here are my ideas for the new front page:
- keep the texts the way they are, because we want people to read them
- replace the list with a flashy recommendation for the platform that is
autodetected.
- if a browser plugin is available for that platform also recommend that
- prefer a download that includes both desktop reader AND plugin
- also add readers for mobile platforms
Should a free browser ever ship with a free pdf plugin by default (e.g.
Firefox with pdf.js), then we also:
- recommend that if we encounter a browser that has no free plugin available
- maybe recommend that if there is no proper Free Desktop reader for
that platform
I have attached some mockups, so you get an idea...
PROs:
1. easier access to the recommended downloads, thereby user friendlier
2. also have browser plugins
3. also have mobile readers
CONs:
1. we do not show all readers by default anymore, so the whole concept
of choice is less obvious
2. windows people don't see that there are more readers for Free
platforms, because they only see things for their platform by default
3. more work for us (more intense platform and browser detection, more
combinations of platforms and/or browser that yield different results)
I have thought on the CONs a while, but I really don't think we can get
around them, if want to improve.
ad Con 1: the table works out somewhat right now, but if we add more
platforms and browser plugins, it would get really confusing => we have
to move away from the table
ad Con 2: To still promote Free Operating systems, we might add some
dynamic things to the site, e.g. when people use Windows and hover over
their "platform information" they could be shown a little
javascript-popup(like a tooltip) that reads sth. like "Switching to a
Free Operating System will protect your freedoms and privacy to an even
higher degree. [Read more...]"
ad Con 3: well, I guess its ok for us to spend more time on technical
stuff right now, since the whole publicity thing seems to be going on
its own right now.
What do you think?
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Hannes Hauswedell │ German Team █▉█▉█▉ │
│ Coordinator for pdfreaders.org ▉▉ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
Hi folks,
here are my ideas for the new front page:
- keep the texts the way they are, because we want people to read them
- replace the list with a flashy recommendation for the platform that is
autodetected.
- if a browser plugin is available for that platform also recommend that
- prefer a download that includes both desktop reader AND plugin
- also add readers for mobile platforms
Should a free browser ever ship with a free pdf plugin by default (e.g.
Firefox with pdf.js), then we also:
- recommend that if we encounter a browser that has no free plugin available
- maybe recommend that if there is no proper Free Desktop reader for
that platform
I have attached some mockups, so you get an idea...
PROs:
1. easier access to the recommended downloads, thereby user friendlier
2. also have browser plugins
3. also have mobile readers
CONs:
1. we do not show all readers by default anymore, so the whole concept
of choice is less obvious
2. windows people don't see that there are more readers for Free
platforms, because they only see things for their platform by default
3. more work for us (more intense platform and browser detection, more
combinations of platforms and/or browser that yield different results)
I have thought on the CONs a while, but I really don't think we can get
around them, if want to improve.
ad Con 1: the table works out somewhat right now, but if we add more
platforms and browser plugins, it would get really confusing => we have
to move away from the table
ad Con 2: To still promote Free Operating systems, we might add some
dynamic things to the site, e.g. when people use Windows and hover over
their "platform information" they could be shown a little
javascript-popup(like a tooltip) that reads sth. like "Switching to a
Free Operating System will protect your freedoms and privacy to an even
higher degree. [Read more...]"
ad Con 3: well, I guess its ok for us to spend more time on technical
stuff right now, since the whole publicity thing seems to be going on
its own right now.
What do you think?
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Best Regards, │ Free Software Foundation Europe █▉ │
Hannes Hauswedell │ German Team █▉█▉█▉ │
│ Coordinator for pdfreaders.org ▉▉ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
For those not already aware of it:
http://andreasgal.github.com/pdf.js/
Thanks,
Sam.
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Salve,
vorrei cogliere questa occasione per presentarmi.
Il mio nome è Andrea e sono la responsabile di Migliorewebsites.com
Lavoro al fianco di numerosi siti internet. Gestisco il loro SEO in base alle particolarità
dei maggiori motori di ricerca on line, tra cui Google, Bing e Yahoo.
Lavorando al sito web di uno dei miei partner lavorativi, ho incrociato pdfreaders.org.
Sono convinta di poter esserle utile per incrementare il traffico, la visibilità e il Page Rank del suo sito.
Se interessato, sarei più che felice di elaborare meglio i dettagli della mia proposta di assistenza.
Le auguro una buona giornata,
Andrea Matera
andrea(a)migliorewebsites.com
Migliorewebsites.comhttp://it.linkedin.com/in/andreabmatera
To whom it may concern,
I would be delighted to translate the PDFreaders.org into Estonian,
but unfortunately I have not figured out the translation process yet.
The PDFreaders.org files are not in the fsfe.org web SVN, are they?
Should they be, any help locating them would be appreciated.
Otherwise, instructions detailing the translation process would be
appreciated.
Faithfully,
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SgDuH,
die Stadt Gummersbach setzt sowohl im Server- wie auch im
Desktop-Bereich stark auf Open-Source (Linux). Ich habe daher auch
unsere Web-Site dementsprechend mit Ihren Angaben bei PDF-Formularen
versehen und hoffe dass Sie damit einverstanden sind.
Hier der Link:
http://www.gummersbach.de/index.php?id=57
Vielen Dank für Ihre Website, sehr gut und sehr nützlich !!!!!! :-)
VG
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A member of the Manchester Fellowship has asked me for advice regarding a PDF
document she has received from a British charity.
She was confused because when she opens the PDF in a Free Software PDF reader
all that appears is a full page advert for Adobe 9 (see adobe-advert.pdf
attached).
It actually appears that there are two separate PDF documents embedded in this
PDF, but that all that is viewable is the Adobe advert initially, or at all in
some non-Adobe readers.
Presumably the charity distributing this PDF is unaware of this because they
are using Adobe reader, and so don't realise that they are spreading this
advertising.
I found this quite shocking and wanted to share it with the list. Next steps
are presumably to contact the charity and notify them of the despicable
behaviour of their Adobe software :)
Thanks,
Sam.
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