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gav
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Tuesday March 26, 2002

05:55 PM

[ #3783 ]

It doesn't matter how nice those PDFs you've created are if

they don't translate well into a webpage

they would require funky javascript that isn't necessary, will probably be confusing, and will probably not work anyway

I can't create your test page from your data

/me contemplates death

p.s. does anyone read this? I hope somebody does or it's a wasted effort isn't it? :)

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I read it! (Score:1)

by exeunt (319)

Do I count?
PDF (Score:1)

by TorgoX (1933)

PDF is feeble. Adobe was managing a semblence of competence for a while, until they tried to turn PDF into crack-head DHTML. PDF and Flash are in a race to the bottom, to get to be the Worst Case Scenario for the Web.
- Re:PDF (Score:1)
  
  by gav (2710)
  
  I have a deep hatred for flash, mainly as it is used for eye candy to cover up glaring design deficiencies.
  PDF's existance I can forgive, for one reason only. If I am going to print something (reading long PDFs causines my brain to melt) it seems to work quite nicely.
  - Re:PDF (Score:1)
    
    by TorgoX (1933)
    
    if I am going to print... [PDF] seems to work quite nicely.
    ...unless it's a PDF produced by someone who didn't read RFC 2346 [isi.edu]
venting (Score:1)

by TorgoX (1933)

BTW, I know you're talking about the Web design process and not PDF as a format -- but I never turn up an opportunity to mock Adobe.