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PDF: Still unfit for human consumption, 20 years later

from Nielsen Norman Group

PDF: Still unfit for human consumption, 20 years later Nielsen Norman Group Jakob Nielsen first wrote about how PDF files should never be read online in 1996 — only three years after PDFs were invented. Over 20 years later, our research continues to prove that PDFs are just as problematic for users. Despite the evidence, they’re still used far too often to present content online. PDFs are typically large masses of text and images. The format is intended and optimized for print. It’s inherently inaccessible, unpleasant to read and cumbersome to navigate online. READ MORE

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