PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption (Alertbox): Tough to argue with any of this, though it will no doubt cause an uproar.
“Users get lost inside PDF files, which are typically big, linear text blobs that are optimized for print and unpleasant to read and navigate online. PDF is good for printing, but that’s it. Don’t use it for online presentation.”
Jakob Nielsen is on The Screen Savers right now railing against PDFs. He makes a good case. This is a follow-up to his previously-posted diatribe on the subject. To clarify, Nielsen isn't against PDFs altogether. In fact, he sells many reports in PDF format (I even bought one…