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Faterson · 11-10-2013, 04:03 AM

Guess what, I sometimes read PDF files in GoodReader on the tiny 3.5-inch screen of my iPhone!

Both GoodReader and the Retina screen are so superb that they make it possible. It's definitely punishing on the eyes, though.

I try to reduce the eye-strain wherever possible -- opting, therefore, for displaying comfortably large font sizes in EPUB files, too. So while it's perfectly possible to read PDF files on an iPad mini, the eye-strain would definitely increase compared to iPad Air; it would no longer be as comfortable.

(I can judge this based on my Nexus 7, where the situation gets even worse due to the 10:16 aspect ratio -- particularly unsuitable for PDF files.)

11-10-2013, 04:03 AM	#101
Faterson pokrývač škridiel Posts: 1,525 Karma: 3300000 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Bratislava, Slovakia Device: 3iPad, SamsungNote & Tabs, 2OnyxBoox, Huawei 8″, PocketBook	Guess what, I sometimes read PDF files in GoodReader on the tiny 3.5-inch screen of my iPhone! Both GoodReader and the Retina screen are so superb that they make it possible. It's definitely punishing on the eyes, though. I try to reduce the eye-strain wherever possible -- opting, therefore, for displaying comfortably large font sizes in EPUB files, too. So while it's perfectly possible to read PDF files on an iPad mini, the eye-strain would definitely increase compared to iPad Air; it would no longer be as comfortable. (I can judge this based on my Nexus 7, where the situation gets even worse due to the 10:16 aspect ratio -- particularly unsuitable for PDF files.)