Problems with Annotated Hyperlinks in Preview Document
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From: dorayme on 9 Nov 2009 19:58 In article <0001HW.C71E07440008403EB02A89BF(a)News.Individual.NET>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > Amusingly, on the few occasions when I misdirected a hyperlink I was > quickly made aware of such by one or more readers of the newsletter, which > suggests to me that the hyperlinks are used and appreciated. Not sure how you can conclude this on this basis, even if the conclusion is true. Everyone can get by whether or not the links 'work' 100% with your PDF. Besides, why *would* they appreciate it in such a short newsletter? It would be different in a very long PDF, but then, as I have already mentioned there are many ways that PDF readers (including Preview) have to get an overall navigational look at docs. If you provide page numbers or other signposts in your index, this would be better than links that only work sometimes. More elegant. There is a queue at The Gates at which you will be asked, "Did you do inelegant things?" and if there are many such instances, it can count towards where you go in the afterlife. -- dorayme
From: Nick Naym on 9 Nov 2009 21:47 In article doraymeRidThis-6F65F1.11580210112009(a)news.albasani.net, dorayme at doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au wrote on 11/9/09 7:58 PM: > In article <0001HW.C71E07440008403EB02A89BF(a)News.Individual.NET>, > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > >> Amusingly, on the few occasions when I misdirected a hyperlink I was >> quickly made aware of such by one or more readers of the newsletter, which >> suggests to me that the hyperlinks are used and appreciated. > > Not sure how you can conclude this on this basis, even if the conclusion > is true. Everyone can get by whether or not the links 'work' 100% with > your PDF. When someone says "Hey...that link didn't take me to the right place!," don't you think it's logical to conclude that he/she ...ummm... actually _uses_ the damn links? Or do you somehow think it makes more sense to conclude he/she accidentally clicked on a link that one time, realized that he/she accidentally clicked on that particular link, further realized that said particular link misdirected him/her, and then decided -- for whatever reason -- to notify Jim that one of those links that he/she doesn't normally use nor appreciate misdirected him/her? > Besides, why *would* they appreciate it in such a short newsletter? It > would be different in a very long PDF, but then, as I have already > mentioned there are many ways that PDF readers (including Preview) have > to get an overall navigational look at docs. If you provide page numbers > or other signposts in your index, this would be better than links that > only work sometimes. More elegant. There is a queue at The Gates at > which you will be asked, "Did you do inelegant things?" and if there are > many such instances, it can count towards where you go in the afterlife. What in the hell are you talking about?? (Better yet: What in the hell are you smoking? ;P ) -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8)
From: dorayme on 10 Nov 2009 15:57 In article <0001HW.C71EE8C200331EAEB02A89BF(a)News.Individual.NET>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > And, in recent conversations with some members of the > user group for which the newsletter is published there was literally complete > agreement that the hyperlinks were a desirable feature, something that they > would like to see continued. Well, your links work well enough to make it sensible enough to keep using them. I am always slightly puzzled by the attachment people have towards PDF for material that is *almost certainly* not going to be printed. I hated wading through the long PDF manual on a cordless phone yesterday, had it been a well made HTML set of pages, it would have been a breeze to get the info I wanted. PDFs are clumsy beasts and your own story in this thread further convinces me, just look at the apps you have mentioned and have used in the construction of these things. With a proper web page, all you basically need is a text editor. A lot from a little. It is the great principle that will get you into a particularly cosy corner of heaven. <g> -- dorayme
From: Tony Lawrence on 10 Nov 2009 16:11 On Nov 10, 3:57 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > I am always slightly puzzled by the attachment people have towards PDF > for material that is *almost certainly* not going to be printed. I hated > wading through the long PDF manual on a cordless phone yesterday, had it > been a well made HTML set of pages, it would have been a breeze to get > the info I wanted. PDFs are clumsy beasts and your own story in this > thread further convinces me, just look at the apps you have mentioned > and have used in the construction of these things. > > With a proper web page, all you basically need is a text editor. A lot > from a little. It is the great principle that will get you into a > particularly cosy corner of heaven. <g> I'll second that. Unless you need precise control of the way the thing looks, stay away from PDF. It just adds unnecessary complication for everyone.
From: dorayme on 10 Nov 2009 19:34
In article <C71E8290.4B5A8%nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote: > >> What in the hell are you talking about?? (Better yet: What in the hell are > >> you smoking? ;P ) > > > > You have cast this aspersion on me before, > > Not I. Prove it! <g> -- dorayme |