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Originally Posted by termn8er
I guess what I don't get is the fact that this is simply an operating system that requires a pdf reader, no? So if I can use one of the huge number of PDF readers that work with MS, Linux and Mac and all are able to resize, I don't get why someone can't create a program to work on one of these readers that can do the same thing and read PDF in its native format, vs. trying to translate it.
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The reader on a PC is not reading PDF at all. It is displaying letters on a page on the screen in the correct x,y coordinates on the page. You are reading the words. This is how a PDF is "read" by a program. If you resize the window the program rescales the image. Reflow requires that the program recognize the words and paragraphs inserting spaces and paragraph separations as well as dealing with images. This requires knowledge about the contents. Translating the content is similar to reflow. The program has to be a lot smarter.
Dale