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imperiallight 2010-04-06 19:16
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
Can you view PDFs in portrait mode with Evinnce?

jaem 2010-04-06 19:18
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Patola (Post 598165)
evince is wonderful and has kinetic scrolling. What was it that you consider it so badly ported? I usually read heavy stuff in it and I have no complaints.
I have few complaints about its functionality, but it's rather ugly, requires a stylus for some operations, and generally doesn't fit in. Also, as mentioned above, it lacks a discoverable fullscreen exit method, which means it would confuse the heck out of many new users. Mostly things like that. Maemo being reasonably close to mainstream distributions, a large amount of Linux apps will run with just a recompile, but their usability and level of integration will vary widely, and may not be suitable for mobile use without modifications. That's the issue with Evince right now.

EDIT: Hmm... I just looked down and realized I had Evince open, and furthermore that I was thinking of an older version of it when I wrote this. It's actually not as bad as I made it sound, but it still could use some work.

UPDATE:
@imperiallight: Yes, it has Rotate Left/Right options, and the operations are tolerably fast.

manavs 2010-04-06 20:11
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by slender (Post 598133)
Ah, thanks for pointing this out.

masq 2010-04-07 08:23
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
Any idea if anyone is working on "hildonizing" evince or if its just gonna stay this way?

anthony_barker 2010-04-07 16:49
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
I've been switching between the built in pdf reader and evince.

Both honestly are ok but nothing great.

1) Zoom is clunky in both - no twist to zoom etc
2) On large PDFs page turns are slow on the built-in reader
3) Both aren't really finger friendly - I end up using the keyboard arrows
4) No search
5) No highlight or annotation
6) No wrap

I've ended up converting lots of them to html -but some scans don't work too well (all images).

Evince on the n800 actually works better.

My other complaint is the n800's screen was slightly larger which made reading a bit easier. The pdf reader is better than the ones available for android though if that is any consolation.

SaintGermain 2010-04-07 19:53
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
Can't you just use fbreader to read ebook in PDF format ?

jaem 2010-04-08 05:21
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SaintGermain (Post 599911)
Can't you just use fbreader to read ebook in PDF format ?
I wasn't aware that FBReader could read PDF. Please feel free to prove me wrong.

Flandry 2010-04-08 05:41
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dbrodie (Post 598152)
I have tried epdf but it was not really ported to a touch friendly interface, is evince any better?
Yeah, sorry. I put ePDFviewer up as an option, but it's not a very good one. I ended up not using that code for my own project so i don't expect to spend time fixing any of its problems. Evince is probably the best bet for a robust reader.

jassu4u 2010-05-17 20:48
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
do these support portrait mode???

jmc8501 2010-07-02 03:55
Re: Best PDF reader for N900
 
Is anyone working towards a robust pdf reader, whether it be evince or other?


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