Comment by protomyth
9 years ago
Because viewing things on a LCD is hard on the eyes after a while. E-ink is great, but paper is easier for most.
This is one thing I hate about Apple these days. They once had pdf versions of all the developer documents but now they only have web pages and Xcode. For a company so concerned about users, they sure don’t seem to care about developer’s eye strain.
Not having an easily printable document also means you cant leave one or multiple copies of an important document around the workspace for convenient reference and as a physical reminder or even a prompt for discussion.
The Apple HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) used to be a great document to have printed out and left lying around for reference, and as a starting point for discussion.