iPad 2 and Paizo PDF rendering speeds...

[dpnorton82]

Noticeably faster than the first gen iPad?

[Andrew Tuttle]

dpnorton82 wrote:

Noticeably faster than the first gen iPad?

Yes. The iPad2 renders the same Piazo PDF much, much faster than the iPad.

-- Andy

[Iron-Dice]

I'm curious about that also. It's one of the main things I'm looking forward to when I upgrade. I'm going to wait 6-8 weeks until all the hype and long lines calm down.

[Mr Baron]

so how long does it take the ipad2 to view an AP book or one of the bigger rule books? How does it compare to a kindle?

[NotMousse]

Is the original so slow that rendering PDFs is a hassle?

I use a several year old desktop using an USB connected external HD and PDFs render quickly and I can scroll through them without much of a hiccup.

Granted the only paizo stuff I have is beta/playtest right now, but even those have drm/pictures/borders, so what's the big deal?

[Alizor]

While using Goodreader on the new iPad I've noticed that PDFs, even the largest PDFs like the new Inner Sea World Guide load extremely fast. The iPad 1 was acceptable on loading PDFs; the iPad 2 is absolutely amazing.

[Andrew Tuttle]

I spent nearly two hours over the weekend at my local Verizon Store, test driving the iPad, iPad2, Xoom, and several "smart phones" (with the exception of the iPhone, I didn't touch it).

The iPad2 was significantly faster rendering PDFs than anything else I messed with. It didn't so much "render the PDF" as show it too me as I glanced at it.

It was fast.

I don't own an iPad now, but I have absolutely no reservations after holding one in my hands that (1) I should have got an iPad last year, and (2) the iPad2 is worth the money.

-- Andy

[Skeld]

NotMousse wrote:

Is the original so slow that rendering PDFs is a hassle?

No. Although the ISWG renders slow and the ISMF crashes Goodreader.

-Skeld

[dpnorton82]

Many thanks for the positive replies! Exactly what I wanted to here. :)

[Mojorat]

to render PDF I use iBooks. what I do is open the thumbnails and it will render a bunch at once then I can read them no problem.

good reader is good for slot of things and renders PDF faster but I find over all navigation I'n iBook easier.

[Galnörag]

Skeld wrote:

NotMousse wrote:

Is the original so slow that rendering PDFs is a hassle?

No. Although the ISWG renders slow and the ISMF crashes Goodreader.

-Skeld

Glad I wasn't the only one with that problem.

I also have issues in good reader with the ISWG rendering with the background image all down in one corner.

[Alizor]

Mojorat wrote:

to render PDF I use iBooks. what I do is open the thumbnails and it will render a bunch at once then I can read them no problem.

good reader is good for slot of things and renders PDF faster but I find over all navigation I'n iBook easier.

Over the weekend I made my first try at DMing with only the iPad 2, and I used about 4 different apps, Spellbook, DM Tools, iBooks, and Goodreader. I actually liked having 2 PDF readers as I could have my module / scenario open in iBooks and Goodreader has my collection of rulebooks etc. This would be solved if there was a good way to switch between recently open books in Goodreader (or iBooks).

[dpnorton82]

I purchased the iPad 2 today (yay!) and loaded up the Pathfinder Core Rulebook. iBooks renders the pages of the PDF considerably faster than version 1, and the viewing quality is clearer -- which I hadn't anticipated.

Loading the chaptered version of the book (multiple PDFs) adds to the speed of loading also.

Call me a happy gamer. :-)

[Vic Wertz]

Galnörag wrote:

Skeld wrote:

NotMousse wrote:

Is the original so slow that rendering PDFs is a hassle?

No. Although the ISWG renders slow and the ISMF crashes Goodreader.

-Skeld

Glad I wasn't the only one with that problem.

I also have issues in good reader with the ISWG rendering with the background image all down in one corner.

We fixed that background image issue in a new version of the Inner Sea World Guide on Wednesday. (Those of you who found it slow before—is it any faster now?)