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by ducttapecrown 1553 days ago
Wow. This is a beautifully lightweight browser textbook. It has essentially everything I'd expect. Good math typesetting, customizable margin and font with simple javascript (I'm guessing I didn't check).

Envisioning a responsive open source browser textbook is pretty easy, I'm glad someone with cachet like Caltech is providing a role model. Hopefully every important textbook will eventually be as accessible as this one is.

2 comments

I think I'd still prefer a pdf. Doesn't require an internet connection and I can highlight, sketch, and scribble in the margins.
My only dislike is the 100% width, but that's just a modern styling preference.
As someone who zooms in on 80% of websites, <100% width is infuriating.