Timeline for eBook readers for mathematics
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| Jul 18, 2021 at 10:45 | answer | added | rimu | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 31, 2020 at 14:34 | answer | added | user20948 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 17:49 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | I'm voting to close this question as belonging to a different era of MO usage, and as one where keeping it open seems to invite diminishing returns | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 16:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 15, 2017 at 20:18 | comment | added | user21349 | Seven years after the question was asked, my impression is that the answer is still basically no: there is no ebook device that is suitable for this purpose. Of course there are various workarounds, but basically the format in which papers are published is not designed for this type of device, and these devices do not have good math support -- nor are they likely to have it in the near future, because the technological solutions require a lot of CPU power and a lot of software development effort. The CPU power isn't available in a low-power device, and the sw effort doesn't pay off. | |
| Apr 15, 2017 at 15:07 | answer | added | gebruiker | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 28, 2013 at 17:08 | answer | added | mmm | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 23, 2012 at 5:55 | answer | added | Mike Shulman | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 21, 2012 at 20:25 | comment | added | Beni Bogosel | Since you say that there are some large pdf's, you can try to shrink them. You can shrink pdf's without losing quality if you are using linux, at least if the documents were processed with latex. The code for it is "gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile=target_name.pdf input_name.pdf", and the command must be run in terminal in the folder you have the pdf file. I used it for some time and I managed to get a files which which are even 80% smaller. | |
| Feb 23, 2012 at 6:45 | answer | added | null_pointer86 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 20, 2012 at 8:04 | answer | added | Mkouboi | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 4, 2011 at 20:22 | answer | added | Raziel | timeline score: 11 | |
| Apr 22, 2011 at 16:13 | comment | added | Jose Capco | Im also interested to know which pdf reader you use to read EGA pdfs? Some of the viewers listed here could help you find a speedier reader: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software I think sumatrapdf can handle very large files much faster than many pdf readers out there. | |
| Apr 22, 2011 at 7:06 | answer | added | ACL | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 21, 2011 at 23:51 | comment | added | Zach N | Does anyone know if there is an organized effort to develop (La)TeX packages/classes specifically designed to create ereader-friendly PDFs? | |
| Apr 21, 2011 at 23:40 | comment | added | Zach N | @Joseph: You do not incur a charge, provided you transfer the PDF to the Kindle via the USB cord (just open up the Finder and drag the PDF to the documents folder in your Kindle). I think Amazon does charge you to transfer the file wirelessly. | |
| Apr 21, 2011 at 23:15 | answer | added | Anton Petrunin | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 14, 2011 at 18:39 | answer | added | BrainDead | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 2:34 | comment | added | BrainDead | It looks like PocketBook Reader 602 recently came out. It sounds like an ideal e-reader, with a large number of supported files. The 302 (or the 301+) seemed a bit slow with loading (almost 1 second.) Has anyone had the opportunity to play with one of these? | |
| Jul 10, 2010 at 13:42 | answer | added | Andrei MF | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 9, 2010 at 20:04 | history | edited | Qiaochu Yuan |
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| Jul 6, 2010 at 3:49 | answer | added | Michael Hoffman | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 5, 2010 at 21:51 | comment | added | BlueRaja | The three big ones are the Kindle, the Sony e-reader, and Barnes&Noble's "Nook." No one's mentioned anything about the Nook yet - anyone with any experience with it? | |
| Jul 5, 2010 at 15:26 | answer | added | Omar Antolín-Camarena | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 5, 2010 at 14:59 | comment | added | Joseph Malkevitch | If I have a pdf file on my computer (I use a MAC) and transfer it to an Ebook reader such as the Kindle, do I incur a financial charge for doing this? | |
| Jul 5, 2010 at 14:47 | answer | added | Jose Brox | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 5, 2010 at 3:08 | answer | added | Kerry | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 5, 2010 at 1:28 | answer | added | Anon | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 18:28 | comment | added | LSpice | I agree with the votes for leaving this open. I wind up on trains without outlets a lot (I took 4 24-hour trips in the past month), and I would love to be able to carry along my library on something with a long enough battery life to survive the entire trip. I've never seen a review that focussed on this particular question, and it's not clear where else one could ask it. | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 17:25 | answer | added | Marin F. | timeline score: 23 | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 16:42 | answer | added | Nicolò | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 15:56 | answer | added | David Jordan | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 15:29 | answer | added | Arseniy Akopyan | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 15:09 | comment | added | B. Bischof | If only by precident, this question should be allowed to exist. My similar question was deemed ok (mathoverflow.net/questions/12898/…), and was useful at least to me. Further I would like to see the answer to this question, so at least two mathematicians care. | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 14:49 | answer | added | Per Vognsen | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 14:17 | comment | added | Noah Snyder | I think this is a good question. It's reasonably specific, it's something that mathematicians are likely to care about, it's CW as it should be. I don't think it should be closed. | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 14:15 | comment | added | Michael Bächtold | Why should software related questions be allowed (like what are good collaboration tools?) but not hardware? | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 14:00 | comment | added | Wadim Zudilin | Although I remember a question about special Japanese chalk, I don't think that this is a right forum for discussing hardware "related to maths". I vote to close. | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 13:34 | answer | added | Xandi Tuni | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 13:27 | comment | added | Willie Wong | Izabella Laba reviewed the Kobo in her blog. ilaba.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/kobo | |
| Jul 4, 2010 at 12:59 | history | asked | Lars | CC BY-SA 2.5 |