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Design and looks aside, I can read a PDF on my laptop, desktop, phone, and e-reader, on any OS. Why the hell would I want to use a format that only works on one
by drcube 14y ago
Design and looks aside, I can read a PDF on my laptop, desktop, phone, and e-reader, on any OS. Why the hell would I want to use a format that only works on one device?
- mikecane 14y ago>>>I can read a PDF on my laptop, desktop, phone, and e-reader When MobiPocket (the basis for Kindle format) and ePub were specced, the world looked like this: >>>I can read a PDF on my laptop, desktop Expensive hardware with powerful CPUs. Kindle/ePub were designed for weak CPUs that could basically handle text (K/ePub -- tarted-up text files) well. Back then, these were PDAs. It's only been really recently -- with iPad 4 -- that monster PDFs, such as those from Google Books (scans of original book/magazine pages), can be read without wanting to toss the hardware against the wall.
- pdfsage 14y agoThat's because Google Books made a decision to use a feature of PDF (JPEG2000 image compression) that is better suited for higher powered devices. They could just as easily chose JPEG or Flate if they wanted. Don't blame the format - blame the publisher!