SF Signal: PDF Online

PDF Online

Not that I have anything against PDF format or anything, but MobileRead points us to a handy site called PDF Online that will convert PDF files to HTML in addition to converting a variety of formats into PDF. According to MobileRead:

...you can also upload an existing PDF file to receive back its HTML version via E-Mail (only restriction: 2MB size limit).

I'm just sayin'.

I always thought PDF stood for Pretty Damn F-kup. To call it annoying would be an understatement, but alas, websites just love pumping this crap out...

Posted by Pete on Monday July 18, 2005 at 11:54 PM

Here, here! I totally hate when convention sites use this as the only means to access their information. PDF should be used for scanning in old documents that aren't in digital format. Anything else is just torture.

Posted by SciFi Ranter Girl on Tuesday July 19, 2005 at 1:04 AM

I want to amend my previous comment regarding the PDF format -- I now believe that it stands for Pile of Dog Feces. Picture this, you're just surfing around looking at things -- and WHAM! you clicked on a link not knowing that it's a PDF -- it feels like you just stepped on dog sh*t! Everything stops, your browser hangs and the one way to fix it is to kill everything!

Thanks a freaking million Adobe! Hmmm, adobe -- bricks made from clay and straw... i wonder if they make it out of doggy poop and too?

Posted by Peter on Monday September 12, 2005 at 4:00 PM

Another "format" that I postively hate is RealPlayer -- it's a RealPainInMyRear!! The streaming video never works and the quality sucks.

Posted by Peter on Monday October 24, 2005 at 11:24 AM

Another good free source to PDF converter at http://www.freepdfconvert.com

It can also convert back PDF to DOC and also support hyperlinks.

Posted by Mike on Tuesday May 23, 2006 at 9:11 AM