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Re:Zotero for Android available for beta tests by kergonath on Monday December 25, 2023 @12:28PM (#38764372)
An iPad is the ideal form factor for this kind of things. Reading and annotating PDFs on that thing is a joy.
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Re:Zotero for Android available for beta tests by evolve2k on Monday December 25, 2023 @05:07PM (#38766599)
I’m considering getting an iPad mini to read & annotate within Zotero.

Anyone have experience of using an iPad mini for this. Is the form factor do-able or really too small?

I like that I could read lying down with one hand, which I can’t achieve with a full-sized iPad.

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Re:Zotero for Android available for beta tests by kergonath on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @04:00PM (#38776021)
> Anyone have experience of using an iPad mini for this. Is the form factor do-able or really too small?

I contemplated doing that, but went with an iPad Pro instead (11’’, second hand). Even 11’’ felt a bit small and I got a 13’’ eventually. Besides screen size, the Apple Pencil 2 is miles better.

> I like that I could read lying down with one hand, which I can’t achieve with a full-sized iPad.

Yes, for reading a Mini would be much better. More Kindle-like. The 11’’ Pro is still manageable with one hand (but without a case), but it’s not comfortable.

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