[IxDA Discuss] Statistics, Facts, Reports on PDF vs. HTML

[Connor, Adam]

I am working to make the case to some of my company's IT professionals
that the decision to go with PDF delivery for certain reports rather
than HTML is a bad one.
 
I've read all of Nielson's articles on PDFs as well as rebuttals by
various individuals (where they only seem to point out that PDFs can do
more than just be for print; include hyperlinks, interactive forms, etc.
but not that they do these things well enough to remove usability
concerns).
 
Can anyone else point me to statistics or reports on PDF vs. HTML and
PDF for onscreen reading.  I myself believe very strongly that PDFs have
a certain place on the web and that mimicking web functionality is not
it, but the more ammo I go in with the better.
 
Adam Connor
User Experience Specialist, CUA
User Experience Services (UXS)
aconnor at massmutual.com
 

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