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Is there a "nice" way to read content on Arxiv? Every time I land on that site I'm so confused / lost in it's interface (or lack there of) I usually end up lea
by smcleod 2y ago
Is there a "nice" way to read content on Arxiv?
Every time I land on that site I'm so confused / lost in it's interface (or lack there of) I usually end up leaving without getting to the content.
- buildbot 2y agoIt’s a paper pre-publishing website, so everything is formatted in PDFs by default. They recently added html: https://arxiv.org/html/2409.03384v1 https://arxiv.org/html/2409.03384v1 That’s the best way per paper. There’s a few arxiv frontends, like https://arxiv-sanity-lite.com/ https://arxiv-sanity-lite.com/
- Noumenon72 2y agoSame here -- I visited this link earlier today and thought "Oh, it's just an abstract, I'm out". I've read Arxiv papers before but the UI just doesn't look like it offers any content.
- johndough 2y agoClick on "View PDF" or "HTML (experimental)" on the top right to get to the content.
- TheMysteryTrain 2y agoI've always had the same issue as OP - it's never bothered me much because I'm rarely in the mood to read something so dense. But I find it quite interesting that I've managed to completely miss the big obvious blue buttons every time, I just immediately scan down to the first paragraph. The cynic in me guesses it's because I'm so used to extraneous content taking up space that I instinctively skim past, but maybe that's too pessimistic & there's another UX/psychological reason for it.
- beefnugs 2y agoIts the idea of the gateway: we click on a link and expect it to be what we are looking for. Having some "summary" or paywall or anything between us and what we thought we are getting is , QUICK CLOSE THE STUPID WEBSITE as fast as possible triggering.
- smcleod 2y agoYeah that main landing site doesn’t even give you the information you want to know either!