It seems that relying on Preview software to accurately display a PDF document is like using Apple Maps to find directions.
Which is pretty stupid given Apple’s gradual retreat from sensible user interface design and any successful attempt at quality control given the generally disappointing experiences some of us are having by going directly from OS 10.6.8 to OS 10.8.3, but I digress.
But that’s what happened this morning when Melbourne Airport made its draft development plan which features a third 3000 metre runway accessible, or for the Mac challenged, inaccessible, for public review and comment.
Melbourne Airport should have road tested the Master Plan 2033 site on every popular, if not universally loved, combination of operating system.
Apple encourages users to adopted Preview rather than Adobe’s Acrobat Reader software to display PDF documents, as does Adobe by default with its constant dire warnings of security risks for its software, which now appears to be in an almost constant state of alert and calls to upgrade.
But is it too much to ask Apple to deliver what it says Preview is supposed to do, and for large, adult, experienced organisations like Melbourne Airport to check out the operational integrity of material it posts?
My family, relations, and colleagues in Melbourne love to bag Tullamarine Airport. But which Sydney would swop for its own airport if it could, since Tullamarine has a functional future, a real plan for growth, is easier to use despite the odd hiccup, and has a competitor that might, in conjunction with greater Melbourne’s growth, give it a real fright and curb its scope to behave like a monopoly essential service provider.
