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