Sam Liddicott schrieb: ...
I think we understand eachother and are now mostly discusing the meaning of words.
I'm glad you wrote your document and I think it was a good idea to invite feedback.
Yes, this is to me a fascinating disscussion not just about words but about ideals versus pragmatism. Thank you. Let's recapitulate on file types to *send* ourselves:
Ideal? Pragmatic? Compromise?
ODT DOC RTF (if no fancy formatting) HTML (a very good exchange format for some people and tasks) PDF (if no major editting required)
Notes: None of us need ever to send OOXML. TXT is not a good idea because then the question of character set arises. OpenOffice3 can do a hybrid format: PDF with embedded ODT.
Ideal? Pragmatic? Compromise?
OGG Vorbis MP3 ? FLAC WAV ? OGG Theora MP4 FLV, MPEG1, MPEG2
Notes: Actually more complicated as different container and encoder foramts. I find that *only* MPEG1 will play on just about any computer and device.
Of course it depends on the person you are sending the file to, his or her environment, and your aim. Is the person computer-literate? Is it a large company? Is it a government office in a country required to accept your ODTs? Do you want to "educate" or cause the least bother?
Cheers, Theo
PS dir2ogg should make it easy to convert mp3, m4a, wma, and wav files into the ogg-vorbis format: http://jak-linux.org/projects/dir2ogg/