Linking to documents that provide more\u00a0information is vital for\u00a0responsive design websites.<\/p>\n
Let’s face it \u2013 no-one wants to read all your content for a specific topic on a single web page, or an endless number of web pages, on a mobile screen.<\/p>\n
Having a\u00a070-page research report or\u00a0the terms and conditions of applying for a job as a downloadable\u00a0PDF is sensible.<\/p>\n
But what happens if that document is 15MB in size? First of all, you won’t get it in\u00a0the university’s new content management system \u2013 it has an 8MB limit.<\/p>\n
Even then, someone\u00a0downloading 8MB on a 3G\u00a0phone is going to\u00a0be waiting a while to see it. They’ll also be\u00a0eating into\u00a0their data allowance<\/strong> at an alarming rate if they have a few of these to download.<\/p>\n Making the file size of your documents smaller is key to improving your users’ experiences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Compression can reduce the\u00a0time documents need to load<\/strong> and cut the cost for those using mobile data.<\/p>\n Not everyone has access to Adobe Acrobat and its PDF resizing capabilities due to\u00a0the cost. But there are free tools online to solve this issue; one of the best I’ve found is Smallpdf<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n You can drag and drop your document\u00a0from your computer onto its Compress PDF screen<\/u><\/a> and it’ll do the rest. Then simply download the result for your website.<\/p>\n I’ve seen it take documents of 17MB and reduce them to 600KB, a much more palatable size for users. And there\u2019s no loss of quality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Even if you think your document is small enough not to bother with this, do it anyway. Every little helps with page loading speed and aiding user experience.<\/p>\n Smallpdf<\/u><\/a> also provides many other PDF manipulation services that could prove\u00a0helpful to you.<\/p>\n Make it easier for your users to access your documents and there’s every chance they will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Linking to documents that provide more\u00a0information is vital for\u00a0responsive design websites. Let’s face it \u2013 no-one wants to read all your content for a specific topic on a single web page, or an endless number of web pages, on a … Continue reading Smaller is better<\/h2>\n