Personally I get annoyed when i have to open a PDF, I usually leave the site.

On a site I developed I had a similar question...


What I did was have the information on the webpage, and offer the PDF if the user wanted it. That way they have a choice to click a link that says Course information - pdf version. They know that they are downloading a pdf.

When I click a link that says Course Information and it starts downloading a pdf I go mental lol.

Mike