Comments on: Another PhD States: Why I Hate PDFs

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:44:44 +0000

It’s so frustrating that the PDFs out there either don’t work properly… or you can only use them and save the content in forms if you have the FULL Adobe Acrobat version.

When I’ve had to print out and correct forms like the HUD 1003 (for home purchasing) multiple times, it makes me realize that having the Acrobat full version is the only thing that saves me from redoing it again and again.

How frustrating is that?!? Not what the market needs.

And as Dave states, chugging through a PDF download puts this sinking feeling into my gut. Time to click onto another tab… ugh.

Updates, don’t get me started. That’s what Tom Johnson complained about in his post earlier this month against PDF content.

PDFs – great for printable content, bad for web.

By: Foul Writer’s World - Some more PDF haters

Foul Writer’s World - Some more PDF haters — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:27:13 +0000

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By: Dave Mozealous

Dave Mozealous — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:07:29 +0000

Nothing is quiet like clicking on a link, only to figure out that it is a link to a PDF and waiting 15 minutes for reader to launch.

Also love how I open open about 5 PDFs a year, and each time I do I have to reboot my machine because I selected ‘update’ and waited the 30 minutes it takes to download the update.

Dave Mozealous’s latest musing..Flash on Non-PC Devices blog