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There's a small tradeoff in that not all readers might want to commit up-front to downloading a PDF. In the case of arXiv the abstract will be also updated with
by sctb 10y ago
There's a small tradeoff in that not all readers might want to commit up-front to downloading a PDF. In the case of arXiv the abstract will be also updated with later versions of the paper if they appear.
- brudgers 10y agoWith Firefox the resource located at the arXiv URL of the PDF is smaller than the the resource located at the arXiv URL for the abstract. So goes the modern web. Both are an order of magnitude smaller than the originally submitted link. For me, the conventionality of UI of the PDF resource makes it easier to navigate than the UI of the resource for its metadata. Admittedly, I don't have a use case that is dominated by revisions to preprint journal articles...I just want to check papers out.