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jules on Jan 1, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Scribd Had A Blowout Year, And So Did the Web Docu...

Not a fair comparison: you need a viewer for swf files too. Downloading is not a problem. If it takes 0.3 s on scribd vs 0.8 s with pdf, then I'm willing to wait to have a viewer that allows me to scroll with my scrollwheel.

marketer on Jan 1, 2009 [–]

What browser do you use? Scrolling with the wheel works fine in Scribd, at least in Firefox.

Not to be pedantic, but the Adobe Flash Runtime is tiny compared to Acrobat or Word, and effectively has a 0 startup cost.

jules on Jan 3, 2009 | [–]

Opera. Another reason why people shouldn't use Scribd: you have to register to download the pdf.

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