PDFs: How big is too big?
It all depends on where in the world your market is. I can speak from my experience only -- our company is spread all over the continents, and we get people complaining when the connections are slow, like in many hotels etc, but at the same time we build on Intranet access from all our bases. In W-Europe (and the North, of course), and many places in N-America, people have fast DSL or cable access, but many other places they have to rely on the slow telephone connections. The max for the old type connections is somewhere between 5 and 10MB, even lower. DSL or other fast connection customers will be patient with up to 30-50MB. Just my 2 cents. Bodvar On 5/31/06, Jon Harvey wrote: > Hi all, > > > > We would like to place some of our larger manuals online for download > but don't know whether the PDFs will be too big. Is there a general > guideline limit (1MB, 10MB, 25MB?) for the size of a PDF for download? > Most of our users are corporate, so we anticipate each will have a > high-speed connection. However, we certainly can't guarantee all of them > will be. > > > > Any thoughts?...Jon > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as bodvar at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
PDFs: How big is too big?
Hi all, We would like to place some of our larger manuals online for download but don't know whether the PDFs will be too big. Is there a general guideline limit (1MB, 10MB, 25MB?) for the size of a PDF for download? Most of our users are corporate, so we anticipate each will have a high-speed connection. However, we certainly can't guarantee all of them will be. Any thoughts?...Jon ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: PDFs: How big is too big?
Hi Jon, You asked a good question but you said nothing about your situation. As an example, I write manuals up to 330 A5 pages that result in PDFs of around 5MB. Customers report no problems downloading these PDFs from the company website and viewing them in a standard browser. As a first step, I suggest you discuss your situation in detail with your IT manager, and together determine the best way to put your manuals online and whether you really need to reduce their file size. Than, if it turns out that your PDFs are too big, look at file-size reduction as a separate issue. Daniel Doornbos Technical Writer Promise Technology, Inc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:24 AM To: framers Subject: PDFs: How big is too big? Hi all, We would like to place some of our larger manuals online for download but don't know whether the PDFs will be too big. Is there a general guideline limit (1MB, 10MB, 25MB?) for the size of a PDF for download? Most of our users are corporate, so we anticipate each will have a high-speed connection. However, we certainly can't guarantee all of them will be. Any thoughts?...Jon ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/danield%40promise.co m Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
PDFs: How big is too big?
Hi all, We would like to place some of our larger manuals online for download but don't know whether the PDFs will be too big. Is there a general guideline limit (1MB, 10MB, 25MB?) for the size of a PDF for download? Most of our users are corporate, so we anticipate each will have a high-speed connection. However, we certainly can't guarantee all of them will be. Any thoughts?...Jon
PDFs: How big is too big?
Hi Jon, You asked a good question but you said nothing about your situation. As an example, I write manuals up to 330 A5 pages that result in PDFs of around 5MB. Customers report no problems downloading these PDFs from the company website and viewing them in a standard browser. As a first step, I suggest you discuss your situation in detail with your IT manager, and together determine the best way to put your manuals online and whether you really need to reduce their file size. Than, if it turns out that your PDFs are too big, look at file-size reduction as a separate issue. Daniel Doornbos Technical Writer Promise Technology, Inc. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+danield=promise@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:24 AM To: framers Subject: PDFs: How big is too big? Hi all, We would like to place some of our larger manuals online for download but don't know whether the PDFs will be too big. Is there a general guideline limit (1MB, 10MB, 25MB?) for the size of a PDF for download? Most of our users are corporate, so we anticipate each will have a high-speed connection. However, we certainly can't guarantee all of them will be. Any thoughts?...Jon ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as danield at promise.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/danield%40promise.co m Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
