Although late to this discussion I too am enjoying it.
I work for a NZ Govt Agency and just recently our request for an additional
person has been granted and we now have a person who will work with the
publishers of all legislative documents and magazines that our organisation
produces to
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 11:23:44AM +1000, Webb, KerryA wrote:
If that's an efficient and effective way to publish a document,
let them do it - providing the PDF is properly marked up.
Is there an organisation that systematically produces well marked up
accessible PDFs? I train people in how
I'm all about web conventions. I didn't realize having a blank target
didn't follow web standards. Is that documented somewhere?
This one still bothers me ...
The alternatives I've seen invariably require javascript and some of those
javascript methods give the user less choice and are
Personally and from a usability I feel pdf's belong in the office, not on
the web. As a definite download link and have a choice between viewing it as
html or a pdf download. I hate seeing pdf becoming more popular.
Bruce P
bkdesign
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From: Michael MD [EMAIL
I work at one of the those government places that has those horrible
pdfs scattered through out all their horrible pages. I couldnt agree
more.
I used to believe that you only open in new window for pdfs but now
only just realise that maybe its not best practise and could be thought
about more.
Jermayn wrote:
I work at one of the those government places that has those horrible
pdfs scattered through out all their horrible pages. I couldnt agree
more.
And I work with people who build such sites, and I don't have a problem
with PDFs per se.
If that's an efficient and effective way
Michael MD wrote:
I'm all about web conventions. I didn't realize having a blank target
didn't follow web standards. Is that documented somewhere?
- at least give them the option to right-click and download it for
offline viewing!
the option is already there if you know about it. how do
Bruce wrote:
Personally and from a usability I feel pdf's belong in the office, not
on the web. As a definite download link and have a choice between
viewing it as html or a pdf download. I hate seeing pdf becoming more
popular.
i think that offering a substantial amount of information, like
I think the problem is that the links are not easily reconised that it
is a pdf document you are opening
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Jermayn wrote:
I work at one of the those government places that has those horrible
pdfs scattered through out all their horrible pages. I
Maybe you should try Foxit Reader 2.0 http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
PDF's won't be going away anytime soon, particularly from Government websites.
There is also zero chance of having all PDF's done as HTML due to staffing and time constraints. The best you'll get is a link to an
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