Ubuntu Desktop Starter Guide

[Loïc Martin]

Felix Miata a écrit :
> On 06/06/06 14:26 (GMT-0400) Loïc Martin apparently typed:
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>> Felix Miata a écrit :
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>>> On 06/06/06 10:31 (GMT-0400) Matthew East apparently typed:
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>>>> These guides are available in HTML and PDF form from the documentation
>>>> website at http://help.ubuntu.com
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>>>> The PDFs on that website work fine in evince and any other pdf reader.
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>>> There is no such thing as a PDF that works fine. They are a scourge on
>>> internet users: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030714.html
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>> The page you links to seems quite biased.
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> It's about accessibility and useability. It matches my experience very
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It also seems to match the page's author experience. However, he (and 
you) could understand one size doesn't fits all, and others might find 
uses where pdf is far better than html even for screen display. For some 
uses, pdf offers better accessibility and usability.
> In any event, PDF files are for printing, not online information access.
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Who said that? You? The author? Why would anybody deny others the use of 
pdf for screen reading of documents? Do you really think that such an 
affirmation has any value? The fact you're still haven't found a use 
where it would be better than html doesn't mean everyone else has such a 
narrow use of computing.

In any event, I - and others - use it for "information access" (and 
more. My computer has better value than just accessing information).

So please, why try to convert people to think your way? If they're happy 
with a pdf and find it better than html for their uses, so-called 
usability studies aren't of any value. Guess what, I'm sure you could 
easily find usability studies proving my grandmother can't use Linux. 
The fact she can not only use it, but also install it and upgrade it is 
of course of no relevance.