But I'd like to consider which aspects of print publishing constrain web based publishing for no good reason. Over the last year or two, I have deeply changed my way of thinking about web page design and publishing. At first the change might seem trivial, but based on my discussions with students and designers, as well as newsgroup discussions I've been witness to and partaken in, the shift is not trivial, and to many is controversial. The difference between radio and television is simple to express, but its implications are far from trivial. The difference is moving images .
Many web designers treat the fluidity of web pages as a flaw.
PDF is often touted as the cure for this problem. It is that the designer loses control over their design. Readers can resize their pages, can choose their own font sizes, in short readers have control. It's easy to see why designers can consider this, along with the platform differences of different operating systems, browsers and system setups as problems to be solved. Designers in the world of paper based publishing are used to control.