RE: PDF vs. HTML

["Richard Smith" <Richard -dot- Smith -at- windriver -dot- com>]

Good comments Bill. Nielsen's article is definitely not a scholarly analysis
of PDF. The article is simply an editorial, nothing more. Be that as it may,
I agree with him about usefulness of (most) PDFs in general, but for
different reasons. The PDF planet article mentions the following.

> Most of the alleged weaknesses cited in the column
> actually have more to do with user error -- poor
> authoring techniques and lack of understanding of
> PDF -- than with problems inherent in the format.

I've said this many times. PDFs can be good, I just rarely ever see any.
That's why I can't stand 'em. At the end of the day, usability is not about
what the product is capable of, it's about what gets delivered to users.

--
Richard

ps. didn't we see this same thread on tuesday?

> Subject: RE: PDF vs. HTML
> ::  An interesting article about the use of PDF for Web pages
> ::  http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010610.html
>
> Actually, I found it rather shallow and inaccurate.
> See http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?WebPageID=1489 and the forum
> discussion within.


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