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bookish · 06-17-2007, 11:53 AM

I have about 4gb of reference material that I use in my job in IT. I have amassed it over the last dozen years and it is in the formats of PDF, HTML, and .doc for the most part. I have a mouseover menu system written in Javascript that I use to organize and access it. I can convert the doc files to PDF or RTF so they would not necessarily pose a problem.

But in addition to needing a reader to be able to display all of the formats I have listed I also need it to be able to support Javascript. So my primary concern/questions will be, When a device is reported to support HTML, will that also mean it will also support Javascript? And further, will it come with some sort of a browser?

I am new to the eReader concept but I have had more than a dozen Handhelds, PDAs and most recently UPCs over the years in my quest for the perfect documentation repository/viewer. There is a lot about the eReaders that would lend themselves toward meeting my particular requirements, but from what little I've read I think limitations in PDF and HTML functionalites, especially the latter might be the biggest hurdles to overcome. Can someone speak to the HTML/Javascript/Browser question?

Thanks so much.

06-17-2007, 11:53 AM	#1
bookish Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: none yet	Functionality I have about 4gb of reference material that I use in my job in IT. I have amassed it over the last dozen years and it is in the formats of PDF, HTML, and .doc for the most part. I have a mouseover menu system written in Javascript that I use to organize and access it. I can convert the doc files to PDF or RTF so they would not necessarily pose a problem. But in addition to needing a reader to be able to display all of the formats I have listed I also need it to be able to support Javascript. So my primary concern/questions will be, When a device is reported to support HTML, will that also mean it will also support Javascript? And further, will it come with some sort of a browser? I am new to the eReader concept but I have had more than a dozen Handhelds, PDAs and most recently UPCs over the years in my quest for the perfect documentation repository/viewer. There is a lot about the eReaders that would lend themselves toward meeting my particular requirements, but from what little I've read I think limitations in PDF and HTML functionalites, especially the latter might be the biggest hurdles to overcome. Can someone speak to the HTML/Javascript/Browser question? Thanks so much.