Valid points.
The thing about .PDF is you could view it on anything which handles the format and retain the structure of the original document.
With the web (html ) we have Different
Browsers (I.E. Mozilla Opera )
Platforms: PC , Apple MAC , Unix
Operating Systems: win95 /98 / Linux / Os
Printers: Lasers /inkjet
OK, lets focus.
Quite a few people would have difficulty cut and pasting a URL in an email to someone.
Also people who are not at ease with shopping on the net (newbies)
would welcome an email from a friend with a particular products details.
(A few friends of mine only have email access, web browsing is not allowed at their work place ).
So if I see a TV I think a friend would like I can email him and he can read the details . Then when he gets home he could look at the website .
Also when you click on a PDF link in your browser, the page does come up. But the only option is to print it.
The Save As is greyed out (this is what normally happens on other
sites ...not sure with your contrib)
To save it locally we have to right click Save As, .
Emailing the PDF
This is only useful if the PDF file is small (I'd say less than 50K unless you have a fast internet connection).
Just my thoughts !