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Reading PDFs on my iPad results in pinching every single page to make the text somewhat readable. It is, frankly, exhausting.
by melvinmt 14y ago
Reading PDFs on my iPad results in pinching every single page to make the text somewhat readable. It is, frankly, exhausting.
- w1ntermute 14y agoI use ezPDF Reader[0] on my Transformer Prime. Just double tap for intelligent zoom. This is not an intractable problem. 0: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=udk.android.reader&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=udk.android.re...
- AjithAntony 14y agoUnless I misunderstand, you will have to be double tapping on every page, and it seriously disrupts the work flow as you can't page turn until you zoom out. ezPDF does have a persistent crop feature, and you can even set different crops for even/odd pages (which I understand is a killer feature of goodreader). ezPDF's UI gets really weird wrt page turning and scrolling while cropped though. I just discovered that Mantano Reader has an awesome crop feature for PDF. The UX is really good. It does not have the even/odd thing though. This is my current leader for an ebook reading platform. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mantano.reader.android&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mantano.re...
- kamjam 14y agoIs it no better in landscape mode? (I don't own any tablet or reader, so just asking)
- mikevm 14y agoIt is, I read quite a lot of technical books. In fact, there is no better alternative. Just use a decent PDF reader such as GoodReader. It lets you ignore the margins so that you get the best experience.
- mikevm 14y agoI'd leave your 6" Kindle for light reading, and a decent 9.7"+ tablet for technical reading.
- wonderzombie 14y agoTry Goodreader. It has a ton of other useful features, but among them is the ability to crop. Cropping is applied to all pages in the document, so once you use the handles to eliminate excessive margins, you've got nothing but the text. I find it indispensable, to the point where I prefer reading PDFs on the iPad to reading them anywhere else.
- CountSessine 14y agoAnother big endorsement for GoodReader. GoodReader's UI is a bit of a mess, but that's just a reflection of how many truly useful features it has. And the systematic elimination of margins - including the ability to handle left and right pages differently - makes technical manuals and papers actually readable. Not having GoodReader was easily one of the worst problems I faced when I switched to Android - there's just nothing like it.
- jxdxbx 14y agoI keep Goodreader around for its crazy feature set (it can even force a PDF to reflow, making it readable on an iPhone) but I find that PDF Expert is a lot more pleasant to use.
- melvinmt 14y agoThanks, didn't know about Goodreader yet!