[broscillator]

I find reading PDFs on my phone and even on my kindle really uncomfortable.

On my phone I have to either zoom in or turn on landscape mode (which usually means turn it on globally, I can't do it just for the reader app).

On kindle, a full page has too small font due to so much margin, and fitting the width shows me 80% of the page, and then I have to scroll down for the last 20% and my eyes have to find where exactly I was reading.

[baq]

I'm keeping my not-sure-how-old iPad 5 around specifically because it's the device form factor to read pdfs.

[broscillator]

That kind of highlights how non-versatile PDF is despite some comments.

However it does sound handy, I kinda want a dedicated tablet for sheet music.

[baq]

You're absolutely right PDFs are super rigid, but that's kinda their point - so with the proper device, like a sheet of paper or a 10+ inch tablet screen it makes sense.

Would I prefer more content to be reflowable etc.? Yes - but with a tablet it isn't strictly necessary, just nice to have.

[rchaud]

It's plenty versatile. Not everything needs to be phone-friendly. Phone screens weren't designed for reading PDF-size documents. Even so, options exist to reflow the text, view in landscape or pan and zoom.

[broscillator]

There is one device which fits PDFs well, an ipad. It can be fairly awkward on laptops and deskptops as well.

> view in landscape or pan and zoom.

This is awkward, that's the issue I mentioned above, how annoying is to have to do that if you're reading for a 30-60 minute session.

[pseingatl]

Or the Kindle DX, RIP.

[IIsi50MHz]

For Android, I use FaME IT's "Rotate" to set both per-app and global rotations:

forced-auto (overrides most lawful-evil apps that try to force an orientation for not good reason)

auto-portrait (allows only the two portrait orientations, auto-landscape (similar, good for some games & video apps)

lock-current (for chaotic-evil apps that lose state or rebuild the whole UI in response to rotation events).