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Originally Posted by tuktuk
Warning: I am not a programmer.
Basically, you are talking about zoom functionality for image-based pdfs/lrf. Right? The problem is that Sony viewers in the Reader (i.e., the software in the Reader that displays pdf and lrf) does not have zoom. You can only zoom pictures in the picture viewer. So, no matter what you do with pdf or lrf files it will not help. There are two possible solutions to this:
1) Sony implements zoom functionality in its lrf/pdf viewers (pdf viewer is from Adobe, right) or releases source code for these programs so that somebody could add zoom.
2) Somebody writes a new Sony viewer from scratch based only on what we know so far about the system. It is a very complicated task to create a viewer that is at least as good as Sony's with added functionality. Right now, we know how to reflash the software on the Reader; however, Sony may close this opportunity any time with a new update, which would require time-consuming reverse engineering by igorsk and his crew.
This may become moot in a couple years when we have e-readers with larger screen sizes.
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Thanks for the reply, Tuktuk. Yes, it's the zoom functionality I'm talking about and it must be a difficult thing to do since Sony didn't implement it and no one has been able to widget a way since the Reader has been on the market.
I suspect I'm not the only one who bought a Reader thinking I'd be able to read pdfs on the road as easily as I can at the computer. As crazy as it sounds, I still have a better shot at reading pdf text and at least seeing pdf charts and graphics on my Palm. Why is that?