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More specifically, it's actually a link to a copy of the same pdf hosted on scribd, the intention being to offer a means of viewing the pdf that's less cumberso
by cfqycwz 13y ago
More specifically, it's actually a link to a copy of the same pdf hosted on scribd, the intention being to offer a means of viewing the pdf that's less cumbersome than Adobe Reader.
- jimktrains2 13y agoInteresting. I never clicked on it so I never noticed it was an additional link! I've never liked the scribd interface, but what's more is that Chrome and FF have their own, decent, pdf viewers which are light-years better than either the scribd or adobe viewers. I wonder how much HN gets to put that link there.
- icebraining 13y agoHN is owned by YCombinator. Scribd was founded under the YCombinator program. There's really not much to it.
- jimktrains2 13y agoI never see any other links like that for YC companies (and there are a lot of YC companies) on HN; that's why I was curious. Aside: Why can I respond to you and not cmelbye?
- ics 13y ago> Why can I respond to you and not cmelbye? There is a timer on new posts before anyone can reply. It's to force people to think a little before they post and is pretty effective in rate-limiting flamewars.
- davidw 13y agoNot a scribd fan , but to be fair, they have been around longer than FF and chrome PDF viewers have.
- cmelbye 13y agoWhat? You think Scribd pays their investor to promote their product? Isn't it much more likely that their investor is promoting the product they invested in for free?
- _pmf_ 13y agoI couldn't think of a way to make Scribd's user experience any less enjoyable. I usually give up after the 3rd page hangs and navigation and even reloading fail.
- jessaustin 13y agoscribd may be the only means of viewing a pdf more cumbersome than Adobe Reader.