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Originally Posted by ottdmk
So they would either have to make reflow an option (and still have to face the complaints of folks who would use it on the "wrong" PDFs) or turn it on by default and have to explain how their PDF reader only works with some PDFs. Doesn't sound terribly appealing to me either way.
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I would assume that the current state where KOBO advertises 'full pdf compatibility' creates more disappointed users.
Explaining the difference between pdfs being - strictly technically - fully supported but ergonomically utterly unusable is no easy task either (look at this thread).
And it has to be said that, even discarding the potential implementation of text reflow, the current handling of pdfs on KOBO readers is ergonomically dysfunctional since, once you zoom, turning pages is an ergonomic nightmare.
Anyhow ... pdf reflow unquestionably would be perceived as a big improvement in usability by the majority of users. And it is a functionality/feature that people are used to by now. To argue that it is against the design principles of ADOBE pdf seems a bit weird since Acrobat reader itself offers this functionality (and it works perfectly fine there ...).