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Why do we like HTML more than pdfs? HTML rendering requires you to be connected to the internet, or setting up the images and mathJax locally. A PDF just works
by vatsachak 11mo ago
Why do we like HTML more than pdfs?
HTML rendering requires you to be connected to the internet, or setting up the images and mathJax locally. A PDF just works.
HTML obviously supports dynamic embedding, such as programs, much better but people just usually post a github.io page with the paper.
- devnull3 11mo ago> HTML rendering requires you to be connected to the internet Not really. One can always generate a self-contained html. Both CSS and JS (if needed) can be inline.
- vatsachak 11mo agoTrue but the webdev idiom is injecting things such as mathjax from a cdn. I guess one can pre-render the page and save that, but that's kind of like a PDF already
- recursive 11mo agoWhy would html rendering require a network connection? It doesn't seem to on my machine.
- nine_k 11mo agoTry opening a PDF on a phone screen.
- vatsachak 11mo agoI do it all the time to read papers. It's easy
- mmooss 11mo agoepub 'just works' locally, and it's html under the hood.