- From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:51:22 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- Cc: William R Williams <wrwilliams@fs.fed.us>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Nick Kew wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, William R Williams wrote: > > > "For online reading, however, PDF is the monster from the Black Lagoon. It > > puts its clammy hands all over people with a cruel grip that doesn't let > > go." > > > Is anyone willing to agree or disagree with this stance? Can anyone, as > > users, report definite problems with rendering PDF files? > > I find it a constant problem, for the simple reason that it's grossly > inflexible. I usually need to increase the text size, but even without > that a PDF viewer needs an uncomfortably wide window that precludes > having anything else of meaningful size visible. At best it hogs the > desktop - and gives me a headache after the first two or three pages. not to mention the accessiblity (sic) features ONLY work on a windoze machine, anyone using dos, mac, linux, unix, solaris etc is just outta luck Bob "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve Neither liberty nor safety", Benjamin Franklin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ASCII Ribbon Campaign accessBob NO HTML/PDF/RTF in e-mail accessys@smartnospam.net NO MSWord docs in e-mail Access Systems, engineers NO attachments in e-mail, *LINUX powered* access is a civil right *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# THIS message and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and may be privileged. They are intended ONLY for the individual or entity named
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