"Why Browsers Should Be Able to Display OpenDocument"

[Trevor Harmon]

On Nov 18, 2005, at 1:07 PM, Derek Currie wrote:

> 3) Where one would need Acrobat would be when it is necessary to  
> EDIT a PDF while keeping it in native PDF format, or mark it up for  
> editing through group conference

And you don't even need Acrobat for that anymore. Tiger's Preview  
lets you add comments and call outs to PDFs. So yes, PDF wins hands- 
down over ODF when it comes to available tools.

> I foresee the display of OpenDocument files in web browsers as  
> absolutely standard within three years.

Wow, that's wildly optimistic. After more than 10 years of the PDF  
format, browsers still don't support it natively. I don't expect ODF  
to get there any faster.

Trevor