[Coco] [Color Computer] .djvu vs .pdf: example files posted

[Michael Wayne Harwood]

Mark,

I did get the cover - I had forgotten about it until you brought it up... 
Unfortunately many of the covers have damage and I need replacement scans
for most of them, so thanks very much for your donation and time!

Regards,
Michael Harwood

> Michael, no question --- djvu.  Others seem to be very PDF happy (and with
> good reason since PDF is the STANDARD)  but I like programs to open
> immediately when I click on a file.  The DJVU web browser plug-in I have
> opens immediately on a double click of a djvu file.  With PDF, there is
> that annoying wait.  And my laptop fan kicks on more with PDF's.  Call me
> picky and anal but that's the way I am. But wait...there's more, REAL
> practical reasons to follow...
>
> The OCR of the test1.djvu  is simply amazing. I can actually select text
> on the August 1989 COVER!!  Why is the OCR disabled in the test2.djvu?  I
> admit test2.djvu is slightly cleaner,  but test1 is acceptable, especially
> with the OCR included!  I was amazed that I can select the text on the
> cover.  Did the djvu conversion software do that OCR process
> automatically?  If so, how cool is that.......
>
> Michael, ironically, I uploaded to your ftp a muich better version of that
> Aug. 1989 cover weeks ago.  Do you still have it?  Did I send it to you in
> an unacceptable format?  Let me know.
>
> You guys have to admit that file size on test1.djvu with the OCR is mighty
> attractive.  Its crisp and colorful enough for me with OCR.  Artifacts in
> DJVU are not as annoying as PDF artifacts at low compression values.
> Also, the DJVU haters need to realize that there is a all black and white
> mode you can select.  Right click on the DJVU file while open and select
> "display".  There are 4 modes, color, b&w, background and foreground.
> Play with those while viewing the test1.djvu sample Michael provided on
> your machine.  Test1.djvu is the only one it works with.  AMAZING.  How
> does DJVU do that?  I'm able to look at the cover WITHOUT the text and I'm
> also able to look at the pages without text and the beautiful all black
> and white mode on top of it all.  All up to me the end user viewing the
> teeny weeny 502kb DJVU file.
>
> Thus endeth the sermon.
>
> Mark
> rammdesign at msn.com<about:blank>
> ittybittybeadco at msn.com
>




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