Adobe PDFs Amy Willis HCI 594 Winter 2008
PDFs Visual editor Simulate navigation Need Adobe Acrobat Professional for interactivity Time to develop simple site: New User: 30 minutes (few links to other pages) Experienced User: 15-20 minutes Drawbacks Create pages in other program (ex: visio), export to pdf; If make major changes to pages, need to re-do pdf Cost: Time: low – few hours to several days depending on complexity of prototype $449 for professional version Many companies already use Acrobat
Tools in PDF Library of predefined controls & widgets includes: Links Rollovers Drop-down menus, radio buttons, list box, check box, etc. Pop-up boxes Embed audio, video, flash Interactive forms Validate form data Perform calculations Respond to user actions Foreground and background color changes Tooltips Mimic AJAX (update only parts of the page)