[CLUE-Talk] PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption

[Dennis J Perkins]

Sean LeBlanc wrote:

>On 07-14 19:33, Timothy C. Klein wrote:
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>>I found myself saying, Halleluja! as I read this.
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>>http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030714.html
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>>Do you folks find it annoying when you run across PDF?  In certain
>>settings, it is nice (something like an IRS form or the like), but most
>>of the time they drive me nuts.  They may be a nice option for
>>downloading a printable version of an otherwise HTML-based page.
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>>I absolutely hate PDF when I am searching for something on Google, and I
>>have to download a PDF to read something that could have very easily
>>been HTML.
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>>I suspect a lot of folk, many of whom are print-oriented, like the
>>absolute page control that the PDF offers.  Sadly, this is indicative of
>>a simple fact:  these folks do not grok the web.
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>I wish more "web designers" bothered to read Jakob Nielsen's book. I cannot
>stand Flash and PDF is only mildly less annoying. The best thing I can say
>about uncalled-for PDF use is, hey, at least they weren't so dumb as to put
>it in Word. Too many folks are trying to just re-create the company
>brochure, but online. 
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I don't mind PDF's if I want to print a lengthly document from the web 
instead of printing a lot of individual web pages.  But I don't want to 
view a PDF online because I want to use the links.

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