[pdftex] pdftex versus dvips

[Christoph Schiller]

Since a number of years, I have been putting a large pdf produced with 
Latex
on the web for free download ( a 1200 page physics textbook,
available at http://www.motionmountain.net ).

I have always typeset it with dvips, not with pdflatex, for several 
reasons:

- the pdf (at present 40 MB...) is considerably smaller when produced 
with
dvips and Acrobat distiller;

- I use raw postscript in the latex file (to make flip movies);

- I use pstricks and similar packages which also use raw dvips (I think)
such as random picture coordinates.

Now we are nearing the end of 2005. Are these arguments still correct?

Christoph Schiller