Comment on Show HN: I created a portable lightweight replacement for Microsoft HTML HelpparentComments−opless6yA lot of early "e-books" were distributed as .chmYou know, back when there were modems, and before the Eternal September spread to the rest of the world (1993 ... 2000)−copperx6yI find chm readers much more friendly for reading books on the desktop than proper ePub readers. It is nice to have a nicely laid out table of contents right next to the text. In addition, chm readers are also much faster than ePub ones.−NeedMoreTea6yThose pirate CHMs of books were usually surprisingly well indexed, with proper table of contents.When I was contracting I'd carry a disc or two of CHMs - basically the bookshelf back home, to avoid carting actual books.
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A lot of early "e-books" were distributed as .chm
You know, back when there were modems, and before the Eternal September spread to the rest of the world (1993 ... 2000)
I find chm readers much more friendly for reading books on the desktop than proper ePub readers. It is nice to have a nicely laid out table of contents right next to the text. In addition, chm readers are also much faster than ePub ones.
Those pirate CHMs of books were usually surprisingly well indexed, with proper table of contents.
When I was contracting I'd carry a disc or two of CHMs - basically the bookshelf back home, to avoid carting actual books.