Since Killer Sites went to press in mid-May, a great deal has happened in PDF land. If you don't already have the free Acrobat 3.0 Reader from Adobe , go get and install it now. With Acrobat 3.0, you can process existing PDFs for optimum online delivery. No more long downloads.
Optimization also reduces redundancies within PDFs.
If several pages of your PDF include the same background graphic, for instance, the graphic will now be included only once in the file, for a potentially dramatic reduction in file size and improved performance over slower connections. This is good news, but it means that focused discussion on any one area can be hard to find. This space is intended as a resource specifically for PDF as an online graphic design medium. We'll provide pointers to other PDF resources on the internet, notable examples, and experiments. The same, redesigned for browsing .