|  | Posted by J.O. Aho on 05/12/07 07:32 
dorayme wrote:> In article <5al55pF2pibqgU1@mid.individual.net>,
 >  JD <jd@example.net> wrote:
 >
 >>> That pdf could be under 200kb, would that make life better?
 >> Not for people who think PDF viewers are utterly tedious, such as me.
 >
 > The idea is that it would make life better for those whose
 > connections are slow and limited. How do you look at pdfs that
 > are presented on websites? It is tedious to open a reader, but
 > not _so_ tedious to see the PDF in the browser window itself.
 
 PDF gets larger than the HTML+Images -> longer load times
 PDF reader has to be started by the browser -> longer time before displayed
 PDF reader has it's own toolbars -> Smaller display area
 
 PDF is great if you want to print something, but IMHO poor substitute to a
 HTML page.
 
 
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 //Aho
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