10 Dec
2008
10 Dec
'08
11:32 a.m.
On 9 Dec 2008 at 17:09, Jim Brain wrote:
I find it completely impossible to design from a document on-screen. I
can only work from the paper version.
Of course paper has the advantage that I can read it anywhere, it never
crashes, it never gives strange error messages, etc. And it withstands a
hot soldering iron a lot better than any computer does :-)
And I simply can't 'flip through' a pdf file (even on the fastest
machines I've ever used) in the same way that I can flip through a book.
I used to routinely flip through data books, etc and interesting devices
would catch my eye. It's much more difficult doing that with pdf files.
-tony
I've weaned myself from paper in this area.
While I agree paper is
nice, I find the PDF easier to navigate when I am writing code or laying
out parts in EAGLE. I do tend to print out a page or two from the PDF
at times (pinouts and such) for brainstorming and such.
Someday, I might be able to be that facile with my reading material.
But I prefer to look down when I'm working on something in front of
me, not up at a screen and grab my pencil and check things off or
annotate them.