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I disagree. Navigation non-linearly through electronic versions of texts is much easier than having to fan through the pages to look for that one phrase or code
by sathackr 10y ago
I disagree. Navigation non-linearly through electronic versions of texts is much easier than having to fan through the pages to look for that one phrase or code snippet you saw 3 months ago. Search and bookmarks...I've seen this in PDFs for years though I don't have much experience working with the newer e-book specific formats.
You'd be amazed how quickly you can find something in a book (or in a few cases for me, a blueprint) when you can just hit F3 or ctrl-f and search for it.
- GrumpyYoungMan 10y agoIf you know precisely what you're looking for, I would agree that direct search is great; heaven knows I've wished there was a way to grep a book often enough. However, I often find myself in situations where I don't know precisely the term to search for and am simply browsing to see if there is some information applicable to the problem I'm attempting to solve. That's where the ability to flip rapidly back and forth shines.
- raziel2701 10y agoI disagree, having my hand in two pages so I look back and forth is faster than ctrl-f.
- manigandham 10y agoYou can open the same PDF twice...