On 10/08/2014 05:31 AM, Phillip Lord wrote:
"Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <[email protected]> writes:
PLOS is an interesting case. The HTML for PLOS articles is relatively
readable. However, the HTML that the PLOS setup produces is failing at math,
even for articles from August 2014.
As well, sometimes when I zoom in or out (so that I can see the math better)
Firefox stops displaying the paper, and I have to reload the whole page.
Interesting bug that. Worth reporting to PLoS.
PLoS doesn't appear to have a bug reporting system in place. Even their
general assistance email is obsfucated. I sent them a message anyway.
Strangely, PLOS accepts low-resolution figures, which in one paper I looked at
are quite difficult to read.
Yep. Although, it often provides several links to download higher
res images, including in the original file format. Quite handy.
In this case, even the original was low resolution.
However, maybe the PLOS method can be improved to the point where the HTML is
competitive with PDF.
Indeed. For the moment, HTML views are about 1/5 of PDF. Partly this is
because scientists are used to viewing in print format, I suspect, but
partly not.
I'm hoping that, eventually, PLoS will stop using image based maths. I'd
like to be able to zoom maths independently, and copy and paste it in
either mathml or tex. Mathjax does this now already.
I would suggest that this should have been one of their highest priorities.
Phil
peter
