NancyLebovitz comments on Your favorite pdfs? - Less Wrong

4 Post author: Solvent 18 September 2011 11:18AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 September 2011 07:42:29PM 0 points [-]

I hate pdfs. There's no way to make the pages fit the computer screen as conveniently as html does.

I have to keep moving my viewpoint in a way that jolts my attention.

Recently, instead of having a control bar for the pdf at the top of the page, there's a appear/fade away control bar which is affected by the cursor, and IT'S ON TOP OF THE TEXT.

Of course, I have no way of knowing whether any of this is why Solvent hasn't liked them.

Comment author: Alicorn 18 September 2011 07:45:47PM *  3 points [-]

Your second and third objections could possibly be resolved by choosing a different PDF reading software.

Comment author: michael61 18 September 2011 07:52:10PM *  0 points [-]

give mobipocket a try, with the annotation pane open very convenient for note taking/highlighting, been using this on a notebook with a pixel qi screen for a couple of months, user friendly combination hihttp://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloadsoft/productdetailsreader.asp http://www.pixelqi.com/