This seems to be a good idea. Could you please give an example where this code would be placed on the web page or how it would fit into the code? I'm having a "blank" moment. Thanks.
Joyce _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jixor - Stephen I Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:20 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Re: please avoid forcing people to open pdf in browser! Jermayn, Use a content-disposition header to force a download so that the user doesn't have to have their browser potentially crippled by Acrobat and its easy to save for later viewing. "Content-disposition: attachment; filename=document.pdf" Jermayn Parker wrote: pdfs are not going to go away (and docs are not the answer) in Nielsons article (who is over rated and take his opinion with a grain of salt) he says pdfs are for print and I agree but for most Government websites they need these pdfs that we all hate and as I said in an earlier email html versions is not always an option. So the question remains how do we make a linked pdf presented and operational the best?? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20/07/2007 10:08:52 am >>> On 2007/07/19 11:23 (GMT+1000) Webb, KerryA apparently typed: Jermayn wrote: I work at one of the those government places that has those horrible pdfs scattered through out all their horrible pages. I couldnt agree more. And I work with people who build such sites, and I don't have a problem with PDFs per se. As a rule, I do. Most are apparently made by and for the people who design inaccessible mousetype web sites, not for normal or low vision web users. If that's an efficient and effective way to publish a document, let them Efficient and effective only from a publisher's perspective, not from a user's perspective. Pdfs are for printing. Ecologically aware people are not interested in killing trees just to get a little "freely available" information. do it - providing the PDF is properly marked up. It's rare that pdfs are published to be univerally accessible, so the end result is that as a group, pdfs are a scourge. Nielsen is too polite about it: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030714.html ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
