Acrobat basic tool bar

Net Llama! netllama
Mon May 17 11:34:32 PDT 2004


Yes, but being forced to purchase more storage & memory doens't sound 
like a solution to me.  I like to use my resources for things that i 
deem as important, not because some foolish programmer doesn't 
understand good coding practices.

Joel Hammer wrote:
> Good design is in the eye of the beholder. Having a working piece of
> software install effortlessly is ok with me. I don't mind bloat. I just
> buy bigger hard drives and more memory.
> 
> Joel
> 
> On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 10:48:37PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> 
>>Joel Hammer wrote:
>>
>>>I have been happily using acrobat 5.05 on my linux box. 
>>>
>>>(I am impressed it didn't need an updated anything to install on my
>>>caldera 2.4 boxes with the 2.2 kernel. Those guys at adobe must know
>>>something a lot of linux programmers don't. If you want your program
>>>to be used, make it compatible. Don't make your potential users update
>>>everytime you release a new version, etc.)
>>
>>Err..that's called compiling it as a static binary.  Hardly a 
>>revolutionary concept, and not something you'd normally want to do if 
>>you wish to avoid bloatware.  So in effect, you're praising bad design.

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