Leroy Whetstone schrieb:
> clipka wrote:
>> Why is that?
> 
> Let's see a long long time ago I was in the middle of a then complex 
> program and I needed some critical information fast. So I found a PDF
> with what I wanted on the net. It took for ever to download. I don't 
> remember what program I used to read it. But I do remember two things 
> the size of that PDF was out of proportion to the information on it and 
> it wasn't what I wanted. I hate it. I could have got to 10 web sites
> in the time it took me to read that one PDF.

Wait - let me get that straight: You advocate against PDF for inbuilt 
help because you have bad experience with it as on-the-net help?

Okay...


>> They give a nice, clean, consistent layout on every output device 
>> (including printers). HTML files, on the other hand, always have this 
>> subtle "half-finished" feel to them, no matter how much effort you put 
>> into their design.
> 
> I rearly print anything. If I find something interesting on the net I 
> download it or bookmark it.

I'm not just talking about printing - I'm talking about on-screen 
appearance, too.


>> And you can easily do a full-text search on a PDF, which is always a 
>> semi-hassle with HTML help files (as they typically don't come in a 
>> single file).
> 
> That's why I liked a will written *.hlp file's index.

That's not native part of HTML. And besides, you can do full text search 
in a PDF anytime even if the author did not bother to create a good index.

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