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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