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

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> Actually, as much NOT a fan of Jakob Nielsen as I
> am, I'm in total
> agreement with his article. I hate PDF for anything
> other than a hardcopy
> document whose publication is completely under my
> control. As a final
> softcopy deliverable I think they're awful.

Only as implemented. Most people don't know how to
create a good PDF, just like most people have no idea
how to prep files for color publishing, or how to
write a HTML page without an export filter.

Blame the implementation, not the format. The format
can be very successful online.

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Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)

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