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Subject:RE: PDF vs. HTML From:"Richard Smith" <Richard -dot- Smith -at- windriver -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:17:50 -0700
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.
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