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From: Geof Collis
Date: Jan 26, 2010 8:27AM

Hi Andrew

It is not you that isn't getting the message out it is Adobe, the
Staff at my City wouldn't know who you were and all the effort you
personally are putting into the education, heck from my dealings
with them they use other products to create their pdf's.

As for the double entendre I dont think it will sully the name any
more than it already is. :O)

cheers

Geof



At 10:10 AM 1/26/2010, you wrote:
> > I like that , PDFu, I'll start using it as it is very fitting.
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>You've been outspoken in your criticism of PDF and Adobe on this
>list, and that's fine because we are making software for our users
>and it improves when we talk with and listen to our users. It is
>exciting and gratifying to get productive feedback from users who
>discuss their issues with us and then see improvements in the
>products that help address those issues. However, I don't think
>that adding a letter to make a double entendre out of PDF is going
>to help these conversations remain productive no matter how
>frustrated you are with the format.
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> > I still cant let Adobe off the hook completely because I dont see
> enough from them stating that they need to be made accessible and
> > that it doesn't come accessible right out of the box.
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>I'm always looking for ways to improve our messages so that PDF
>files, Flash files, and anything else produced by an Adobe product
>stands an improved chance of being accessible. I'm sure that I've
>said things like "if you follow best practices during authoring then
>your PDF file can be accessible" but perhaps others are saying that
>PDF is a magic format that compensates for author's neglect of
>accessibility. I'm happy to take suggestions.
>
>Thanks,
>AWK
>
>Andrew Kirkpatrick
>
>Senior Product Manager, Accessibility
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>Adobe Systems
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