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I strongly prefer the cite-able link to the pdf. The link points to the PDF, but the PDF does not point to the link. The link points to all versions of the paper.
As it turns out, the URL of the pdf is cite-able.
You want to save one click of the mouse. I want to save having to reverse-engineer the parent URL.
For arXiv submissions, please submit the abstract link; in this case: http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5401 The advantage is immediate: One gets a plain website with the abstract, which allows the visitor to decide whether the PDF download is worth it. The PDF itself is only one more click away. I personally would also leave out the v1, as that link automatically goes to the latest version in all cases.
Serious question: are there any browsers in common use that don't display PDFs inline? Chrome and Firefox both do, and their built-in PDF viewers seem very simple and streamlined and efficient. It just seems a bit odd to question whether a 760KB PDF is "worth it" when the current top post on HN is a blog post that downloads 780KB of Javascript, and has attracted no such comments. Anyway, the paper is very interesting…