08-04-2009, 11:25 AM | #1 |
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The best pdf Reader for the iPhone?
I like the "GoodReader". It's a wonderful application. But do you know other good pdf Readers?
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08-16-2009, 09:40 AM | #2 | |
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08-17-2009, 01:02 PM | #3 |
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I really like Stanza but I haven't tried GoodReader. I'll have to try it out to compare.
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08-17-2009, 10:12 PM | #4 |
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been using GoodReader too! very nice. no problems so far.
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08-18-2009, 03:04 AM | #5 |
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Stanza doesn't read .pdfs, does it?
I'm looking for an app that will repaginate to accommodate the iphone screen, so I can increase font size and read without having to zoom and scroll with my fingers. I'm a fast reader, but it slows me down intolerably to have to mess around with my fingers. Anyone know of anything like that? |
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You can get it today if you become a beta-tester (ask at http://www.goodiware.com/support.php or by email from "support at goodiware dot com"). Good luck! |
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08-18-2009, 09:01 AM | #7 |
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Thanks
I appreciate the tip, ilya239.
I'll check it out. |
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08-18-2009, 05:30 PM | #9 |
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I got the beta version of GoodReader 2.3 today, and can say that the PDF reflow works very well. It's better than Stanza in that it lets you view the text either as wrapped-around, reflown text (where you can set text size and color to what is comfortable) _or_ as the rendered PDF page, and switch between the two. So you can do most of the reading in reflown text mode and do a quick switch to rendered PDF whenever you come to an equation or a figure.
This also works well for multi-column files -- when the reflown text gets to end of a column it just continues to the next column, you don't have to scroll back up to the top of the page. Text extraction from PDFs is heuristic and might not work correctly for all files, but seems to work well for the files I have tried so far. |
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I realize it's hard to convert PDF's to other formats usefully but I've seen better. Anyway hate to be the negative guy but just wanted to point out what was really happening here. |
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08-25-2009, 03:06 PM | #14 |
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08-25-2009, 05:49 PM | #15 |
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I actually prefer Stanza, but I do use Calibre to convert PDF's to Epub and seem to have it working fairly well.
What I Do like about GoodReader is how it will let you transfer txt files and how nicely it displays them. It took me more than a few trys to figure out how to transfer the files because I found their instructions clear as mud, but once I figured it out, it's a very nice application for $0.99 cheers |
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