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<blockquote data-quote="charlesatan" data-source="post: 3512855" data-attributes="member: 20870">1) The text is barely readable. In my computer screen, I can read it, yes, but with difficulty. A PDF lets me zoom in/out without degradation of quality (unlike jpegs which gets pixelized).2) Content size (i.e. lots of text vs little text) is irrelevant when it comes to file sizes -- it's the dimensions of the thing and the color(s) that determine the file size. And again, I did say creating a jpeg under 1 MB is possible... it's just that taking into account quality and file size, a pdf would be better compared to a jpeg (ease of use is another matter).3) As to why we aren't given in the choice, I don't know. But you can't really have everything by choice. I mean a magazine doesn't give us a choice of whether to read it in newsprint or glossy paper... they just go with what they decide. Of course having said that, feel free to email WotC how you feel.4) For the record, between aesthetics or functionality, I'll choose functionality. Granted, converting it into html text takes time (around ten minutes?) and is less aesthetically pleasing as a pdf/jpeg of the TOC, I'd like my TOC in a conveniently readable format that doesn't force me download then unzip it. The .zip file, by the way, is probably there to ensure that when you download the file, everything is intact (of course it seems what WotC is pushing here is for you to download the file).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="charlesatan, post: 3512855, member: 20870"] 1) The text is barely readable. In my computer screen, I can read it, yes, but with difficulty. A PDF lets me zoom in/out without degradation of quality (unlike jpegs which gets pixelized). 2) Content size (i.e. lots of text vs little text) is irrelevant when it comes to file sizes -- it's the dimensions of the thing and the color(s) that determine the file size. And again, I did say creating a jpeg under 1 MB is possible... it's just that taking into account quality and file size, a pdf would be better compared to a jpeg (ease of use is another matter). 3) As to why we aren't given in the choice, I don't know. But you can't really have everything by choice. I mean a magazine doesn't give us a choice of whether to read it in newsprint or glossy paper... they just go with what they decide. Of course having said that, feel free to email WotC how you feel. 4) For the record, between aesthetics or functionality, I'll choose functionality. Granted, converting it into html text takes time (around ten minutes?) and is less aesthetically pleasing as a pdf/jpeg of the TOC, I'd like my TOC in a conveniently readable format that doesn't force me download then unzip it. The .zip file, by the way, is probably there to ensure that when you download the file, everything is intact (of course it seems what WotC is pushing here is for you to download the file). [/QUOTE]

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