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I find reading PDFs on my phone and even on my kindle really uncomfortable. On my phone I have to either zoom in or turn on landscape mode (which usually means

I find reading PDFs on my phone and even on my kindle really uncomfortable. On my phone I have to either zoom in or turn on landscape mode (which usually means turn it on globally, I can't do it just for the reader app). On kindle, a full page has too small font due to so much margin, and fitting the width shows me 80% of the page, and then I have to scroll down for the last 20% and my eyes have to find where exactly I was reading.

baq 3y ago
I'm keeping my not-sure-how-old iPad 5 around specifically because it's the device form factor to read pdfs.
- broscillator 3y ago
  That kind of highlights how non-versatile PDF is despite some comments. However it does sound handy, I kinda want a dedicated tablet for sheet music.
  - baq 3y ago
    You're absolutely right PDFs are super rigid, but that's kinda their point - so with the proper device, like a sheet of paper or a 10+ inch tablet screen it makes sense. Would I prefer more content to be reflowable etc.? Yes - but with a tablet it isn't strictly necessary, just nice to have.
  - rchaud 3y ago
    It's plenty versatile. Not everything needs to be phone-friendly. Phone screens weren't designed for reading PDF-size documents. Even so, options exist to reflow the text, view in landscape or pan and zoom.
    - broscillator 3y ago
      There is one device which fits PDFs well, an ipad. It can be fairly awkward on laptops and deskptops as well. > view in landscape or pan and zoom. This is awkward, that's the issue I mentioned above, how annoying is to have to do that if you're reading for a 30-60 minute session.
- pseingatl 3y ago
  Or the Kindle DX, RIP.
IIsi50MHz 3y ago
For Android, I use FaME IT's "Rotate" to set both per-app and global rotations: forced-auto (overrides most lawful-evil apps that try to force an orientation for not good reason) auto-portrait (allows only the two portrait orientations, auto-landscape (similar, good for some games & video apps) lock-current (for chaotic-evil apps that lose state or rebuild the whole UI in response to rotation events).

baq 3y ago

I'm keeping my not-sure-how-old iPad 5 around specifically because it's the device form factor to read pdfs.

broscillator 3y ago
That kind of highlights how non-versatile PDF is despite some comments. However it does sound handy, I kinda want a dedicated tablet for sheet music.
- baq 3y ago
  You're absolutely right PDFs are super rigid, but that's kinda their point - so with the proper device, like a sheet of paper or a 10+ inch tablet screen it makes sense. Would I prefer more content to be reflowable etc.? Yes - but with a tablet it isn't strictly necessary, just nice to have.
- rchaud 3y ago
  It's plenty versatile. Not everything needs to be phone-friendly. Phone screens weren't designed for reading PDF-size documents. Even so, options exist to reflow the text, view in landscape or pan and zoom.
  - broscillator 3y ago
    There is one device which fits PDFs well, an ipad. It can be fairly awkward on laptops and deskptops as well. > view in landscape or pan and zoom. This is awkward, that's the issue I mentioned above, how annoying is to have to do that if you're reading for a 30-60 minute session.
pseingatl 3y ago
Or the Kindle DX, RIP.

IIsi50MHz 3y ago

For Android, I use FaME IT's "Rotate" to set both per-app and global rotations: forced-auto (overrides most lawful-evil apps that try to force an orientation for not good reason) auto-portrait (allows only the two portrait orientations, auto-landscape (similar, good for some games & video apps) lock-current (for chaotic-evil apps that lose state or rebuild the whole UI in response to rotation events).