Re: PDF accessibility guidelines. WAS: Re: PDF's and Signatures

On Mon, 26 Jan 2015, Duff Johnson wrote:

>> PDF might be accessible on paper, but it offers up a miserable user
>> experience on the web and not just for assistive technology users
>
> If PDF really was that bad… why would it be so popular? Why would it still be gaining in popularity?



simple

. it is easy to use
. it is cross platform (mostly)
. the reader is free

BUT and this is the problem

.  most people do not need/consider/think about  accessibility as a web 
issue.
.  if not needed and easy to use why bother with something else.

Bob