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For some reason I thought this would be about PDF parsing on the client -- actually it's just somebody complaining that some eCommerce site takes so long to load that it's faster to download and read their PDF brochure offline.

Who cares?



Actually, when I read the headline I thought it was going to be about websites who make you download PDFs to read what could easily be presented in HTML as well (restaurants always seem to have PDF menus, for example).


I thought it would be about pdf.js[1] or something similar.

[1] http://mozilla.github.com/pdf.js/


I care. I make websites and this article made me think some more about page weight vs other trade-offs.

I'm not sure what your comment has added to the debate.


> I'm not sure what your comment has added to the debate.

You're entitled to your opinion. But if your job is to make websites you shouldn't need a random post on a random blog to think about page weight...?


Sigh. Of course I think about page weight and a 100 other aspects of my craft. Listening to other people's thoughts is valuable in weighing up all the different priorities that compete for my attention.




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