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Posted by Neredbojias on 10/06/35 11:42
With neither quill nor qualm, Mark Goodge quothed:
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:53:36 -0700, Neredbojias put finger to keyboard
> and typed:
>
> >With neither quill nor qualm, if quothed:
> >
> >> "Martin Underwood" <news@isp.com> wrote in
> >> news:44174d66$0$3609$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net:
> >>
> >> > I think the bigger issue with HTML and browser design is that it only
> >> > supplies *hints* and *suggestions* as to the formatting, rather than
> >> > making all browsers display a page with identical formatting, as PDF
> >> > does. It would be so much easier as the designer of a site if you
> >> > could be confident that everyone would see the same view of the page
> >> > without the line breaks and table column widths being variable under
> >> > user control.
> >>
> >>
> >> The problem with this suggestion is that Acrobat is probably one of the
> >> worst methods for displaying documents on-screen ever devised. Its complete
> >> inflexibility has me cursing almost every time I have open a PDF document.
> >
> >Many people disagree with this but I, for one, concur wholeheartedly.
> >I'd much rather peruse a document via html (-decent html that is.)
>
> PDF has its place. It's particularly good for viewing detailed
> technical drawings, plans, etc, as the user can zoom in and out within
> the document itself rather than needing to have multiple copies at
> different resolutions. It's also good for on screen proofing of a
> document that will be published in print, such as the layout of a
> magazine. It's also useful for electronically transmitting print
> documents from one site to another, such as from a designer to a
> printer. What it doesn't do very well is act as an alternative to HTML
> for text-based documents that are created primarily for reading
> online.
Perhaps, but overall pdf is a poor alternative to html for text-based
documents that are created to be read period. For "proofs" or something
of that nature, pdf may indeed be useful.
--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.
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