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
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 8:57 PM
Subject: please avoid forcing people to open pdf in browser! was Re: [WSG]
To target or not
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 also not well suited
for user-generated content (often created with wysiwyg editors)
I'm seeing a very annoying trend lately where quite a few sites are
forcing pdf's to open in a new browser window with javascript.
I do not think it is acceptable to force people to wait over a minute with
a locked up browser for a slow plugin to start without warning!
- at least give them the option to right-click and download it for offline
viewing!
(or better don't use pdf - use html! )
Government-related sites seem to be the worst offenders - They seem to
have almost everything as pdf
Until they fix browsers to not lock up while loading slow plugins or they
fix acrobat reader to start more quickly I'll continue to regard sites
that force people to view pdfs in a browser as being about on about the
same level as those nasty porn sites with endless chains of popup windows.
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