I honestly think PDF on the web needs to go the way of Flash. It sucks in every possible way.
Erika Hall @mulegirl
2 Dec 2019
The fact that most research papers are published as PDF, but not HTML is a real design and accessibility issue. Found a paper on design research that looks promising, and is freely available. But 3 vertical columns per page?!? Ouch.
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The reason why science papers are PDF is b/c even today they are still also (or even primarily) meant for printing.
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Replying to @markusvoelter
I know. Entirely true, but also very stupid

Dec 3, 2019 · 7:12 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @markusvoelter
I wouldn’t say stupid, as a way of digitising information in areas that are not as quick with tech advances it has given more people access to information. They can be seo friendly too. 👍
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True. I wasn’t objecting to using PDF as a format for storing scanned documents
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Replying to @stilkov @markusvoelter
It’s not that there are no ways to produce both PDFs and HTML pages from the same source. 😬 It’sjust that at least most people I know in this space assume that there’s nothing out there except Latex. 🤷‍♂️
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