PDF - Unfit for Human Consumption

[email protected] (Jakob Nielsen) Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:10:00 -0700

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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for July 14 is now online at:
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030714.html

Summary:
Users get lost inside PDF files, which are typically big, linear text
blobs that are optimized for print and unpleasant to read and navigate
online. PDF is good for printing, but that's it.
Don't use it for online presentation.

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