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. > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
