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Not sure why anyone would want to read PDFs on their phone.
by auggierose 3y ago
Not sure why anyone would want to read PDFs on their phone.
- offices 3y agoImagination error. My phone has hundreds of downloaded PDFs from emails containing things such as tickets, job specs, pseudo-letters, bills, etc. Anything where one might wish to read a Document in a Portable Format.
- auggierose 3y agoYeah, I guess. The thing with these is I don't care about the "quality" of a bill or ticket, it's enough if the tax man / concert venue accept it. Many people advocating for a "better" PDF don't understand the quality aspect of a PDF. I am not willing to compromise on that when reading a book. It beats all other aspects, including the fact that I cannot read it on my phone. Basically, PDF's are a perfect translation of books into the digital medium. Gimmicks and features on top of what PDF can do are fine, but never a replacement, given that books also don't have these features.
- lxgr 3y agoI quite often find interesting research papers during the day that I don’t have time to read in the office, and there’s no stable cell signal on my commute, so it’s in a way the perfect reading environment for these for me. My commute isn’t long enough and often too crowded to warrant pulling out a tablet though. Reading on a single-hand device is ideal, and I prefer physical to physical books for that reason. So why shouldn’t I read research papers the same way? I just want a portable document format for an actually portable device.
- auggierose 3y agoI guess that's one use case! I wouldn't be able to read in such an environment, where I cannot even pull my tablet out.