Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

"PDF versions are coming. PDFs are the least-prefered method to read the book, as pdf's are static and non-interactive. If PDFs are desired, they can be created dynamically using Chrome's builtin print-to-pdf feature."

While I agree PDFs are antiquated, I still like them for casual, off-the-grid reading, and opening many different pages and printing to PDF is not feasible or easy to organize once on my iPad for reading. All the same, I'll check this out.



I hate reading substantial things on any kind of backlit screen. Somehow my attention seems to wander. But I find that I can focus somewhat better on pdfs than webpages. I suppose it's some sort of philistinic nostalgia for the ultimate static and non-interactive medium that is the paper book.

That said, this idea looks awesome. I'd still appreciate a pdf to supplement this, though :).


Why should it be mere nostalgia? The typesetting on PDFs is typically far higher quality than on web pages.


I prefer PDF simply because usually PDFs have better typography than web browsers for reading sessions. Frankly the chapters and fonts from the github page look ... welll... bad in Chrome anyway.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: