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Originally Posted by KILI
Hi Seer-Sight. I'm afraid that you will be disappointed by the Iliad when I read your demands correctly. Indeed do I think you will need a zoom function as I do. Especially with schematics. I have a number of documents with complex class diagrams etc and they are unreadable with the current functionality. You could try for a custom program of course but in view of the recent efforts of Irex (producer of the Iliad) to tighten security you do not have any guarantees the custom program will keep working. Only thing here left is to wait for Irex to build in the functionality (I think they will find something for it). Maybe the developers’ facilities (SDK) which will be released coming half year will result in something useful.
I have some experience now. Although not having a zoom I like the thing and find it useful. I hope they will really facilitate developers and open up the system. As you can see here on the site there are enough brilliant hackers that can do almost anything. (Maybe they can rebuild the Iliad to do the vacuum cleaning ;-))
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Thank you for your reply Kili - your assessment of my intended use of the Iliad is spot on. Basically, I want it to replace the vast number of folders that contain the scientific articles that I try to keep track of. Imagine a digital file cabinet with all of your reprint articles in one place. Not only that, but being able to mark them up and save them for later reference at the click of a button.
When the first e-readers came out I was so hopeful that a device would come along for this use. The Iliad seems closest so far...perhaps with a bit more software push, Irex will come through.