- From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfpschneider@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 05:46:59 -0700
- To: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk>
- CC: Mark Diggory <mdiggory@gmail.com>, W3C LOD Mailing List <public-lod@w3.org>, W3C Semantic Web IG <semantic-web@w3.org>
On 10/08/2014 05:31 AM, Phillip Lord wrote: > "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfpschneider@gmail.com> 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
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