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Posted by dorayme on 04/27/07 22:57
In article <pan.2007.04.27.22.28.33.450654@xmbstevensx.com>,
mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:14:45 -0700, Adrienne Boswell wrote:
>
> > What's really bad is when you are invited to open a PDF that of course
> > has information the web site doesn't, and you are presented with the
> > same problem, only there's no way to disable styles.
>
> I don't like them (grrrrrrrrrrrrr) even when they can be read.
> PDFs on the web are irritating because you have no random access to
> their information until you download the whole damn thing. When possible
> they should be converted to (X)HTML, with an optional PDF download for
> those who want it.
It is a way for clients to get stuff on the web cheaply, or so
they suppose, bypassing the website author/maintainer! It is hard
to know if it is really cheaper for them but presumably many find
it easier to make pdfs than html files.
--
dorayme
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