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Thank you for introducing me to arxiv-vanity. I've always hated reading PDFs of papers on my phone.
by messe 6y ago
Thank you for introducing me to arxiv-vanity. I've always hated reading PDFs of papers on my phone.
- andybak 6y ago> I've always hated reading PDFs of papers on my phone. I've always hated reading PDFs of papers on a desktop PC as well. It's a horrible format for reading on-screen generally. No automatic text-flow or fit screen by default, fonts are usually too small, too much margin white space etc etc
- messe 6y agoI agree to that as well. When I'm at my PC/laptop, I usually have my iPad at my side, which with the pencil, is ideal for pdf reading and annotation, so I have less complaints there. If I'm travelling or in bed, the phone is often easier. But yeah, we really need to move on from formats designed for print. HTML/CSS needs more typesetting options and native math support though for that to be feasible, unfortunately. There's no math typesetting conventions for responsive design yet. > No automatic text-flow or fit screen by default Aside: While it's a hack, and only useful if you've a supported e-reader, I've found Koreader does decent reflowings of LaTeX-rendered pdfs these days.