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I think the requirement of fitting things onto 'pages', which PDF's have to follow as a "document" format thats intended to map to printed pages, is a huge detr
by kedean 7y ago
I think the requirement of fitting things onto 'pages', which PDF's have to follow as a "document" format thats intended to map to printed pages, is a huge detriment. It's a physical limitation of print that shouldn't exist in electronic form. I've had great success with ebooks on O'Reilly's Safari platform, because it uses a continuous scrolling model with "flipping" only being used for switching chapters. Unfortunately I'd rather not read off of my laptop most of the time, so that's sort of a roadblock to Safari for me (they do offer a tablet application, but I refuse to authorize my tablet through the company that provides my subscription).
- emodendroket 7y agoI couldn't disagree more. I find continuous scrolling much worse for long texts.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoYeah I realized as I wrote my comment that maybe that's the problem. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks so! That's understandable about the tablet, and also a shame that you'd even have to do that. I'd rather the company provide me the hardware they want to lock down, that would be easier to manage. Thanks for sharing your side, I never got Safari because it's a bit much for me to pay out of pocket at the moment.