Re: N:Vision CFL's

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:37:24 GMT, "Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote in
message <o0QNh.194060$5j1.37703@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Since I store documents locally, I like the easy portability and compact
size of PDF documents. I wonder how large a typical 200 page PIC manual
would be in HTML... Then there is the portability issue and broken links.

When you absolutely need to know that a page will be WSIWIG, pdf beats HTML
hands down in part because pdf is vastly better at scaling to the
presentation medium. I have easily made pdfs that look great on everything
from 13x19 glossy paper copies for kiosk display all the way down to 800x600
16-color monitors.

In many cases, I have offered the alternative of html, pdf and excel formats
for downloads. It might be interesting to specifically log which is more
often downloaded. Sometimes I offer only pdf because that way I have greatest
assurance that it won't get mangled.

Just like an artist can decide whether to paint on canvas, wood, or paper, as
a provider I get to decide format, both electronic and paper.

To call folks that use pdf "lazy" is self-centered nonsense if only because
it arrogantly assumes that the provider knows what the user prefers or needs.
Bobby: Had you come to one of the dozens and dozens and dozens of public
meetings that I have participated in or personally organized and conducted
and called me lazy because I use pdf (?!!), I suspect that afterwards you'da
slunk out the back of the room the same way you do electronically in CHA. (No
modality, no smiley, just reality and constancy).

.... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
www.ECOntrol.org
.

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