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Death To PDFs! [link]

I’m not a huge fan of Medium.com, but my dislike of PDFs is far stronger, so I was excited to see The Heritage Foundation ((I’m no fan of The Heritage Foundation’s politics and beliefs either. I did not read this report, but the section “Poverty and Dependence” is awfully objectionable. What I like is the technical desire to avoid a … Continue reading “Death To PDFs! [link]”

PDFs on the Web (Part 2): Solutions

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Having listed the problems that PDFs create when posted online, this should give you lots of ideas and ways to improve the use of PDFs on your website.

PDFs on the Web (Part 1): Problems

PDFs are everywhere on the web even though they aren’t optimized for viewing in a web browser. Why? In this post, the first in a series of two, I’ll review the reasons people post PDFs and the potential pitfalls of doing so.