Quote:
Originally Posted by cartesius
You're unhappy with your reader; but before you smash it against the wall ...read this.
[Great big SNIP]
Now that you know more, I hope your reader will survive 
that was my 2 cent,
c. |
Cartesius:
I'm well aware* of the many reasons why good reflow of PDF is extremely difficult. I wasn't complaining about my current Sony reader, but rather using my experience with reflow on that device to provide a bunch of common, non-professional-usage examples of documents for which reflow in its current state is not an adequate solution.
Somewhere way above in this thread, an iRex guy pointed out that they support (er...
will support? I'm not sure) PDF zooming on their "pro" device. Various posters here (including me!) are trying to make the case that PDF zooming is really a sensible requirement on a "consumer" device like the DR800 (whether S, or SG, or whatever). Thus, my examples of various kinds of documents that a consumer would care about, that really need zooming in place of reflow.
I also note that at $400, the DR800 is priced for the hard-core ebook enthusiast rather than for the general consumer. And those hard-core enthusiasts have needs that are much closer to those of the "professional" types than to those of the "consumer." I really don't buy the "if you need zoom, you should purchase our pro device" argument. Not at these prices, anyway.
Xenophon
* I'm a software professional with >20 years experience, plus a mid-career Ph.D. Really, I
do understand why it's so hard.