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If I'm using LaTeX, I'm writing scientific articles. I expect scientific articles to be read by people on computers with normal screen sizes or printed off. The
by bowsamic 3y ago
If I'm using LaTeX, I'm writing scientific articles. I expect scientific articles to be read by people on computers with normal screen sizes or printed off. Therefore there's no reason to bother with anything other than PDF. PDF works great.
- analog31 3y agoThat's certainly one use case. I might be the exception, trying to look up something on my phone, or following a link in a blog or HN post. Stuff in PDF's is hard to read, especially two column journal articles. I'm often not at my desk, since I might be in a meeting or in the lab.
- bowsamic 3y agoDon’t you have a computer in your lab? Also I actually think the 2 column format works well on phone bc you can zoom in to fit the column to the screen
- analog31 3y agoA computer at every lab bench, usually tied to specific experiments. Sometimes I sit down at an adjacent server and read something, sometimes pull out my phone. Anything can be accommodated. One thought is to provide the source code, then people can adapt it to their display preferences. Like how HTML was originally envisioned.