This makes downloading and parsing paper data easily, which is pretty handy in the LLM era.
ArXiv now offers papers in HTML format
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#282Thank God. Maybe we can now adapt those for mobile?
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#283For anyone who needs it, arxiv-vanity is amazing: https://www.arxiv-vanity.com/
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#284It would be neat if they offered submitters the chance to upload their own HTML version alongside the PDF version, instead of always relying on an automatic conversion process. - I can imagine authors feeling frustrated if someone reaches out about a problem in the HTML version of their paper, but they have no way to correct it except by hoping that a change to the PDF fixes a change to the generated HTML. Easier to…
No, it would not. It's critically important that there is only one "logical" article, albeit with different representations. In other words, a single "source of truth". With "sideloading" of HTML there is no way in general to make sure that the contents of LaTeX (and PDF) on one side and HTML on the other side is the same.
Huh? What's the point of html version if you define it as source of deception?
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I like multi-column text on paper (literally), but it's awkward in digital where you can just shape text on the fly to whatever column size you want
The oroblem is that gaining this responsiveness fundamentally makes your task much more difficult. Instead of just creating a picture you're now writing code that has to be maintained. In my philosophy arxiv is for documents which are set in granite - pictures.
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#287Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not necessarily: https://heyman.info/2023/fill-justified-text-on-the-web
Perhaps someone can publish a paper to arXiv that provides a meta-analysis. But still there doesn't seem to be a clear reason to justify it, given that almost all internet text is not justified.
To me one of the exciting aspects of HTML is that we can theme the same article in different ways, tailored to individual preferences - just swap in a different CSS file.
Having a two-column theme, or left-aligned vs justified themes, could be workable in the long run. I hope that we get to see some browser extensions modding the pages before too long.
The reason for the current justified text is that it is the default aesthetic for a LaTeX-based article, and a lot of authors expect it.
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#289About time. Biorxiv and medrxiv have been doing this for probably half a decade at this point?
medRxiv and bioRxiv get most of their submissions as Word files. It's a much easier conversion, and if necessary they have manual touch-up. Not feasible for arXiv's volume.
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#290For anyone interested in staying informed about important new AI/ML papers on arXiv, check out https://www.emergentmind.com , a site I'm building that should help. Emergent Mind works by checking social media for arXiv paper mentions (HackerNews, Reddit, X, YouTube, and GitHub), then ranks the papers based on how much social media activity there has been and how long since the paper was published (similar to how HN a…
FYI I started embedding the HTML pages in an iframe on Emergent Mind when the HTML version is available: https://www.emergentmind.com/papers/2312.11444 // should make it even easier to stay informed about trending papers