Re: Neilsen makes sense but not amends

[DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com]

Both of Nielsen's articles focus specifically on the problem of PDF files that are viewed through Web browsers.

The IRS tax form is there to be printed -- not viewed through a browser.

I'm sure that your own "examples of online PDF, which are designed to be printed" are excellent. Nothing beats PDF for *printing*.

And by the way, Nielsen is spelled i before e, as in "Brierly."

Thanks,

Dan Goldstein (e before i)


Sean Brierly brightened 7/28/03 with:
<snip> 
> A good use of PDF? How about an IRS tax form. And,
> it's good from the standpoint of this discussion.
> Lacking the resources to redesign their entire set of
> forms for online use, such as a massive HTML or PDF
> makeover, they have online PDF forms. The choice here
> is, online and available or not available online.
> Hmmmmm . . ..
> 
> My examples of online PDF, which are designed to be
> printed (1,000 or so pages) are not on any Web site
> (well, you can download them if you are signed up for
> our client care package). These are fully hypertext,
> use color, etc.
</snip> 

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