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If you print it maybe (as it is clearly a layout meant for print reading). In the browser it is clearly not an optimal reading experience. The 2 column layout f

If you print it maybe (as it is clearly a layout meant for print reading). In the browser it is clearly not an optimal reading experience. The 2 column layout forces you to scroll up and down to carry on reading, and it has hijacked left mouse click to reveal a sing in side bar. Really genuinely interested din understanding why you found the reading experience wonderful! (no snark intended =)

porker 8y ago
> Really genuinely interested in understanding why you found the reading experience wonderful! (no snark intended =) The print-style layout isn't good. It's the way the comments/links are embedded in the document as I read. Click on something and I can comment/view comments to the left. It's like Medium's comments done better, by taking more space. I hate the dislocation of traditional comments at the end of a document. Having them inline enriches the reading experience, clarifies matters as I read and gives me room to note thoughts. So the sidebar which you didn't like is the feature I do :)
njarboe 8y ago
As a scientific researcher who reads many 8 1/2 x 11 documents every day, to replace printing every paper one really needs a very large screen. Scrolling is too distracting so the full page needs to be completely seen in its original size or maybe a little bit zoomed in. Then it is really nice to be able to have another window next to it at full size to display the figures. Many times the figure the text is discussing is on the next page. With paper you just have the two pages next to each other, but this does not work on anything less that a huge screen. I really had a hard time finding screens tall enough to do this, as computer screens are made super wide to view movies. Turning a 27" monitor upright does the trick, but I would rather have a screen in the shape of a square that was about 22" on a side. This doc would also benefit with much higher resolution scanning, as the map on the first page is looks wonderful at first glance, but its details are not legible.

porker 8y ago

> Really genuinely interested in understanding why you found the reading experience wonderful! (no snark intended =) The print-style layout isn't good. It's the way the comments/links are embedded in the document as I read. Click on something and I can comment/view comments to the left. It's like Medium's comments done better, by taking more space. I hate the dislocation of traditional comments at the end of a document. Having them inline enriches the reading experience, clarifies matters as I read and gives me room to note thoughts. So the sidebar which you didn't like is the feature I do :)

njarboe 8y ago

As a scientific researcher who reads many 8 1/2 x 11 documents every day, to replace printing every paper one really needs a very large screen. Scrolling is too distracting so the full page needs to be completely seen in its original size or maybe a little bit zoomed in. Then it is really nice to be able to have another window next to it at full size to display the figures. Many times the figure the text is discussing is on the next page. With paper you just have the two pages next to each other, but this does not work on anything less that a huge screen. I really had a hard time finding screens tall enough to do this, as computer screens are made super wide to view movies. Turning a 27" monitor upright does the trick, but I would rather have a screen in the shape of a square that was about 22" on a side. This doc would also benefit with much higher resolution scanning, as the map on the first page is looks wonderful at first glance, but its details are not legible.