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by Brakenshire 4597 days ago
Are there any e-readers that connect to an app store of some sort? Squashing an A4 PDF onto a small e-reader screen is a difficult process, and it seems like it would strongly benefit from competition between different rendering software.
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Tagbert 4597 days ago
Its really more of a limitation of PDF. It is intended as a static format based on layouts the size of a full sheet of paper. Its internal representation does not lend its self to layout changes. Most attempt to fit it to a smaller screen are problematic in one way or another.

It would be better to start with a document format that was always intended to be flexible, not fossilized.

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Brakenshire 4596 days ago
You make a fair point, but on the other hand many pdfs have massive margins, or multiple columns, or can have text reflowed in a reasonable way. You can't use pdf readers for all circumstances, but with good software you could handle 80-90% of cases.
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