[IxDA Discuss] download-as-pdf v/s print

[Cliff Williams]

PDF is great as an *option* for those who understand its value.
Consider that many don't know what PDF stands for or why it even
exists.

I've noticed that many users (mostly Windows   IE   Acrobat Reader)
hate dealing with PDFs. I can understand why-- you click on a PDF
link and your browser transforms (slowly!) into something completely
different visually. Most of the ways you interact with web pages are
gone: you can't enter data into forms, you can't easily copy text
to the clipboard, you have to deal with zooming. Even panning and
scrolling through the document can be confusing (page vs continuous
modes).

The choices made by MS and Adobe around this experience have puzzled
me for years. 


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