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0 pointsaulin4y ago0 comments

have you ever printed a webpage?

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WolfOliver4y ago· 4 in thread

For how long do we still need to print a paper?

For as long as I use time sitting on public transport and airplanes to review them. Nothing beats the ergonomics of a printout, a red pen and no internet.

WolfOliver4y ago

I think the same way but I'm also pretty sure that the generation to come does not appreciate it anymore.

I hope that e-inc displays will mature. Paired with the UX of a modern I Pad this will replace printed stuff.

ProfXponent4y ago

Or a decent paperback novel.

Reading long form content on a screen gives me awful eyestrain.

Plus I love the smell of a good book.

ProfXponent4y ago

Paper is the best form of long term storage of data we have besides stone tablets.

SebastianKra4y ago

Yep. A while ago, I used wkhtml2pdf to write a document in Markdown (Pandoc) and convert it to PDF.

It worked fine. There where some minor issues around page breaks. But then again, most people don't use paper for reading anymore, so I'll happily accept these minor issues over the absolute inconsistent hell that is text-selection, searching and hyperlinks in most PDFs.

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6 comments · 2 top-level

WolfOliver4y ago· 4 in thread

For how long do we still need to print a paper?

petschge4y ago

For as long as I use time sitting on public transport and airplanes to review them. Nothing beats the ergonomics of a printout, a red pen and no internet.

WolfOliver4y ago

I think the same way but I'm also pretty sure that the generation to come does not appreciate it anymore.

I hope that e-inc displays will mature. Paired with the UX of a modern I Pad this will replace printed stuff.

ProfXponent4y ago

Or a decent paperback novel.

Reading long form content on a screen gives me awful eyestrain.

Plus I love the smell of a good book.

ProfXponent4y ago

Paper is the best form of long term storage of data we have besides stone tablets.

SebastianKra4y ago

Yep. A while ago, I used wkhtml2pdf to write a document in Markdown (Pandoc) and convert it to PDF.

It worked fine. There where some minor issues around page breaks. But then again, most people don't use paper for reading anymore, so I'll happily accept these minor issues over the absolute inconsistent hell that is text-selection, searching and hyperlinks in most PDFs.

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