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I definitely prefer to read research papers in html. I like to zoom in a lot when reading a long piece on my computer since it helps me read faster and keeps me
by akhilpotla 6y ago
I definitely prefer to read research papers in html. I like to zoom in a lot when reading a long piece on my computer since it helps me read faster and keeps me from getting distracted. I've been thinking about working on a side project where I convert pdfs to html for academic papers.
- pvorb 6y agoOne benefit of PDFs for research papers is that you can easily save them to your own computer, build up a library of them, highlight lines with functionality built into most PDF readers. I generally prefer HTML for reading, but PDF has some benefits, too. Granted, most of these features are also available for HTML. But for some reason you need to look for browser plugins in order to highlight HTML pages, whereas in PDF you can just use the feature. And PDF is always about the content whereas HTML also typically contains navigation and other distractors.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoI really don't get why mhtml has been discontinued by browsers??
- int_19h 6y agoIt hasn't. Chrome can still save .mhtml just fine, and will also open them if you copy/paste the path into the URL bar.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoWhat about Firefox ?
- pvorb 6y agoIt never had support for mhtml, only through an extension that's no longer supported.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoHmm, I might be confusing with Opera ?
- edeion 6y agoSomehow related: I find Snappy Snippet extension (for Chrome) very interesting. It's supposed to let you make a "live" screenshot of a DOM element. Unfortunately, I've not tried it much as I only rely on Firefox in day to day browsing. https://github.com/kdzwinel/SnappySnippet https://github.com/kdzwinel/SnappySnippet
- CameronNemo 6y agoWhat about epub? Under the hood it is basically html, but viewers know to treat it as a written work.
- rualca 6y agoEpub is ok, but it has no support for math equations (practically all implementations just dump them into raster images) and HTML's typography leaves much to be desired. There are plenty of good reasons why TeX and LaTeX are still the workhorse of scientific publishing in spite of the emphasis on fixed format layouts.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoIt's much more restricted than html, even less support for animations than pdf.
- tomjen3 6y agoI have installed an extension named "single file" in my browser, which allows me to save any webpage, as it looks right now in my browser, as a single HTML file. Images and CSS is inline, javascript (I think) is removed. Quite handy when you prefer a folder and file based workflow.
- rhn_mk1 6y agoRegarding a library of HTML documents: https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile#install https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile#install
- pjmanroe 6y agoI currently have Adobe's Creative Cloud All Apps, which includes Adobe Acrobat. I've bought tons of books on Java, Javascript, HTML, C++, etc.
- jcelerier 6y agoUgh, I really hate when I stumble upon a research paper only available in html and not in a standard two-column pdf - I find it much harder to read in general