alt Hacker NewsWhy do we like HTML more than pdfs?
HTML rendering requires you to be connected to the internet, or setting up the images and mathJax locally. A PDF just works.
HTML obviously supports dynamic embedding, such as programs, much better but people just usually post a github.io page with the paper.
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mmooss • yesterday at 6:28 PM
epub 'just works' locally, and it's html under the hood.
recursive • yesterday at 5:16 PM
Why would html rendering require a network connection? It doesn't seem to on my machine.
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> HTML rendering requires you to be connected to the internet
Not really. One can always generate a self-contained html. Both CSS and JS (if needed) can be inline.