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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 13:14:53 JST Evan Prodromou

   Interesting results.

   I have to read a lot of PDFs for my courses right now of 50+ pages.

   I find reading on a phone too difficult. Even when I let the PDF Reader reflow the document, it's still hard on my eyes.

   A laptop is OK but not great. Big screen, but it's kind of far away on my lap.

   My Kindle is nice for reading, but it doesn't show preformatted full-page PDFs well.

   I'm interested in trying out a tablet or iPad. We'll see.

   Thanks for the responses everyone.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 13:15:37 JST Evan Prodromou

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     To everyone who answered "desktop" or "laptop plugged into a big screen": really? For a 100-page document? That seems really uncomfortable.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 13:16:26 JST Evan Prodromou

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     To everyone who said "print": really? You'd waste 100 pages of paper for some document you read only once? That seems really irresponsible.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 13:17:13 JST Evan Prodromou

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     I mean, I appreciate the lols of giving a response that's not one of the poll choices, but c'mon.

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     Dan Scott (dbs@code4lib.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 13:32:49 JST Dan Scott

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     @evan Did you hear from the reMarkable tablet enthusiasts? Sounds like it might be ideal for that use case. But $$$

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 13:32:49 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Dan Scott

     @dbs yes, also, HELLO

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 13:33:15 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Jesse Vincent

     @jesse hmm

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     Jesse Vincent (jesse@metasocial.com)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 13:33:16 JST Jesse Vincent

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     @evan You might think about a Kindle Scribe or a 10 or 12 inch Boox eink device.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 23:03:08 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Les Orchard
     • Basil

     @basil I think I saw a screenshot of someone, @lmorchard , maybe, reading old Byte magazine PDFs in VR?

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     Basil (basil@sarcasm.stream)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 23:03:09 JST Basil

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     @evan but did anyone suggest VR headset ?

     That must be a thing. A PDF viewer for the Oculus.

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     Bill Plein🌶 (bplein@bvp.me)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 23:16:02 JST Bill Plein🌶

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     @evan

     What is uncomfortable about using a proper screen?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 23:16:02 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Bill Plein🌶

     @bplein sitting in an office chair staring at a screen, and navigating with keyboard or mouse.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 23:32:16 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Bill Plein🌶

     @bplein so, this is for reading book-length PDFs for hours.

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     Bill Plein🌶 (bplein@bvp.me)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 23:32:17 JST Bill Plein🌶

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     @evan It’s better on your neck than using a laptop on your sofa. Ergonomics are important.

     About 10 years ago I gave up using my laptop as my primary personal computer (although I still have one for work but it’s attached to two LCDs) and switched to a desktop.

     I can do a lot on my phone. But I no longer have a laptop sitting on the ottoman. I have an excuse to keep work limited mostly to work hours. And I can read PDFs ?