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Pdf2htmlEX – Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format

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Re: Pdf2htmlEX – Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format

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Post by tuananh »

AndreasFrom wrote: post #2

This works and displays correctly, but is unbearably slow on iPad 2 whereas the PDF loads instantly. What is the point then or does it work a lot better in desktop browsers?

Scrolling is laggy (rMBP 15 default spec) but usable.

Re: Pdf2htmlEX – Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format

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Post by coolwanglu »

AndreasFrom wrote: post #2

This works and displays correctly, but is unbearably slow on iPad 2 whereas the PDF loads instantly. What is the point then or does it work a lot better in desktop browsers?

I heard that with careful optimization on the server side and a clever JS may solve this. So far the default UI just demostrates the ability of reading-while-downloading.

The idea is that now the document becomes more controllable and accessible, say you can put Google Analytics in your resume written in LaTeX; or maybe an social reading service, where you can comment, annotate and share.

Unlike PDF viewers, web browers are never optimized for this kind of messy inputs. The next version of pdf2htmlEX will be focused on optimizations, e.g. smaller size of background images, hopefully that would help.

Re: Pdf2htmlEX – Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format

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Post by nwh »

coolwanglu wrote: post #5
AndreasFrom wrote: post #2

This works and displays correctly, but is unbearably slow on iPad 2 whereas the PDF loads instantly. What is the point then or does it work a lot better in desktop browsers?

I heard that with careful optimization on the server side and a clever JS may solve this. So far the default UI just demostrates the ability of reading-while-downloading. The idea is that now the document becomes more controllable and accessible, say you can put Google Analytics in your resume written in LaTeX; or maybe an social reading service, where you can comment, annotate and share. Unlike PDF viewers, web brow…

> social reading service

I truly wish there was at least one ground that hadn't been touched by "social" crap.

Re: Pdf2htmlEX – Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format

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Post by SigmundA »

AndreasFrom wrote: post #2

This works and displays correctly, but is unbearably slow on iPad 2 whereas the PDF loads instantly. What is the point then or does it work a lot better in desktop browsers?

The OSX Quartz graphic layer (also used in iOS) uses PDF internally as graphic object model.

It is no surprise iOS handles rendering PDF's so quickly and so well and without the need for an third party app, it always has from the release of the first iPhone. This is also why print to PDF is built in on OSX.

Re: Pdf2htmlEX – Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format

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Post by twic »

nwh wrote: post #6
coolwanglu wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I heard that with careful optimization on the server side and a clever JS may solve this. So far the default UI just demostrates the ability of reading-while-downloading. The idea is that now the document becomes more controllable and accessible, say you can put Google Analytics in your resume written in LaTeX; or maybe an social reading service, where you can comment, annotate and share. Unlike PDF viewers, web brow…

> social reading service I truly wish there was at least one ground that hadn't been touched by "social" crap.

Porn?
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