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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
My point was that applying special formatting to "first pages" only makes sense in a non reflowable context.
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That's what I don't agree with, or I don't understand. It makes sense to apply it to reflowable format
if the "first page" changes with reflowing.
Say you have a tiny font size, then the "first page" is the first 3 paragraphs, which are shown with large margins, when you click on "next page" or scroll down, you see the 4th paragraph with normal margins. Now you change the font size, and the "first page" is only half of the first paragraph, which is shown with large margins, and when you click on "next page" or scroll down the rest of the paragraph has normal margins. I don't see what's wrong with this (though it may not be a beautiful format).
What would indeed be wrong is if the "first page" is fixed for some particular setting, and when you change the font size, you still see the first 3 paragraphs with large margins, even though only half a paragraph fits on the screen. But that's not what Nate wants, I believe.