On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 16 December 2014, Chris Murphy sent: >> Android 7.61MB. This just displays them, there's no creation or >> modification as far as I'm aware. So it's possible most of the code >> complexity is in the creation and modification. >> >> The point is that as any software becomes more capable it necessarily >> gets bigger. It gets more capable because more people are using, >> supporting, and coding it. And users are continuously asking for new >> features and that means it's going to get bigger. >> >> So I'm suggesting any successful PDF creator/modifier is going to be a >> big binary. > > But when one application gets as big as an entire operating system, or > even bigger?! I can't believe that a well designed application should > need to be that bloated. And it's only a document handler, not a bloody > virtual reality flight simulator.
For example: The Preflight plugin for Acrobat Pro on OS X is 126MB by itself. The actual preflight library is 36MB, but the bulk of what remains are localization files. There aren't separate Chinese and English builds. Each localization file is 1-3MB and there are ~20 of those. The Comments plugin is the same thing, a ton of its 41MB size is due to localization. The stamps for "sign here" are translated into 24 languages, I have all of them. Meanwhile the eBook plugin is merely 190KB. It's also localized, each localized file is about 4KB. So it's just a matter of how complicated some function is, and then that gets magnified by localization. Is this bloat? Well, I don't think it's the kind of bloat from "inefficient or poorly designed coding" I think it's just a packaging and deployment decision that makes things a lot easier for Adobe, and a significant minority of customers who will use 2-3 localizations. Sure the majority who probably only use 1 language ends up storing a bunch of stuff they aren't ever going to use, but, oh well. -- Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
