I honestly think PDF on the web needs to go the way of Flash. It sucks in every possible way.
Erika Hall @mulegirl
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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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I know. Entirely true, but also very stupid
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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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Replying to @maxray @markusvoelter
True. I wasn’t objecting to using PDF as a format for storing scanned documents

Dec 3, 2019 · 7:53 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @markusvoelter
If it goes the way of Flash then suddenly lots of information becomes inaccessible. Not sure any of my browsers/devices can view flash files currently.