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Originally Posted by Sonist
Oh. right..., silly me, just didn't realize that all computer monitors are all the same size..., 'cause somehow some look different to me. I guess that's why PDF is the most popular format for distributing all kinds of publications, to be viewed on screen.
The fact that current implementation in many ereaders sucks (DR1000 excepted,) doesn't mean the format is bad. As bigger screen come in, and as processing power increases, and color comes in, PDFs will look just fine on even cheap ereaders.
But even before color, there is a crop of large screens coming up, and presumably most will sport decent PDF support. And that will be the beginning of the end for the alternate formats, IMO.
I personally can't wait to be able to read a nicely typeset book on a large e-ink screen.
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You personally of course, but there is plenty people who look at ebook for portabiltiy and ability to change font size.
Many people don't want to take with them anything bigger then iPhone. I would be carrying 5" device. It makes no sense to use pdf on this device and deal with horrible formatting just because I wanted to switch to largest font.
Zoom on pdf does nothing for me, I don't want to see parts of the page I want to see a full page with bigger fonts. But that's just me.