RE: Nielsen frags PDF with misinformative Alertbox... AGAIN!

[DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com]

> > Very pretty to look at, but hard to read. Putting text in graphic 
> > format is a classic PDF error that punishes the user unnecessarily. 
> > Isn't there a way to create the exact same design, but with text that
> > the user can resize for easy viewing?
> 
Mike West answered:
> Doesn't the Zoom tool do that ?

The standard Acrobat tools, including zoom, are not displayed when I open
this page in IE. The only way I can find to increase the size of the image
is to use the IE Full-Page tool. Ironically, the Web site's own,
customized Full-Page tool doesn't work in IE.

> Putting text in graphic format, by the way,
> is fundamental to the PDF model. It is the
> only known way of ensuring visual integrity 
> across platforms, which is the PDF's reason for 
> existing.

I misspoke. This hard-to-view format reminds me of those unfortunate PDF
files created from scans of printed documents -- as opposed to properly
distilled PDFs. In my subjective view, I find it much less legible than
standard PDFs -- and certainly not a paragon of good design.

Thanks,

Dan

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