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IMO pdf and HTML optimize for different things. pdf is easy and pretty. HTML is easy and responsive. But making pdf responsive is impossible and making HTML pre
by golol 3y ago
IMO pdf and HTML optimize for different things. pdf is easy and pretty. HTML is easy and responsive. But making pdf responsive is impossible and making HTML pretty is not easy. I think having arxiv for well-polished pretty documents, not responsive ugly documents. Most researchers don't have time to make an HTML responsive and pretty.
- querez 3y agoAm researcher, care about responsiveness way more than pretty. I am super glad for the option. Downloading PDFs is super annoying. I'm stoked.
- mmis1000 3y agoWell... download html is even harder nowadays, because many pages are dynamically generated. Although there are surely some browser extensions that can help you to finish it in a few clicks..