Re: Attracting newbies
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 09:27:40AM -0000, marc wrote:
> Daniel B. said...
> > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 10:09:30PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> > ...
> > > Pdf can have internal links as well as a table of contents that one can
> > > click on. On the other hand, one needs X to read it and a postscript
> > > capable printer to print it (yes I know...).
> >
> > Please note another problem with PDF: The page size and layout
> > are fixed.
>
> Not really a problem, more of a feature of the format; the idea being
> that a PDF renders the same regardless of the display platform (at
> least, in theory). In many situations, this is a very good thing.
>
> > HTML adapts to the user's browser pane width (well, if the author
> > doesn't break HTML's ability to do that).
>
> Again, to be pedantic, it's CSS that controls the layout, hence the
> author simply provides multiple CSS, which is what it's designed to do.
Just to be historical, HTML text adapted to the user's browser long
before CSS had even been invented.
>
> > The user can choose
> > how much screen width to use for a browser, the browser can
> > wrap regular text and tables to fit, and the user doesn't have
> > to scroll horizontally to read the bulk of the page.
>
> And the user can also provide their own CSS too, should they wish.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Marc
>
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