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GoodReader Notes
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GoodReader Notes
2. What is GoodReader
GoodReader is an iPad (iPhone) app.
Cost: $4.99
For reading and annotating PDFs
(primary).
Storing any document/file.
Sharing any document/file.
Syncing any document/file.
“a swiss army knife of awesome” –
Mashable
3. It was released primarily as a PDF
reader/annotater at first, but now has taken
on a life of its own.
Download, read, annotate, manage, organize
, access, and sync just about any file.
Access your Gmail account and see all
emails with attachments that have an
@Action or Read/Review label. You can
then scroll through/read through each
attachment.
Store your photos at box.net. Access them
from GoodReader i.e. organize them into
folders and view slide shows there.
4. A few features
Exceptional pdf viewer.
Mark up and annotate original document
or a copy (keeps original pristine).
Text extractor scans any document and
views the current page as plain text.
Night “mode” for night reading – fully
customizable.
A myriad ways to share, upload, download
and sync either the doc and/or all
annotations.
5. Supported files
pdf
doc/docx + pages
ppt/pptx + keynote
xls/xlsx + numbers
html files
jpg/png etc. (but why)
audio files (but why)
video files (again – not sure why)
6. Uses
Research papers for students/academics
Teaching tools and documents for eductators
Meeting/seminar/conference
papers/handouts
Manuals (pdfs) for anyone
Paperless orgy – with all your docs
Sign digital forms and documents (including
pdfs)
Download files from web
8. Interface
Clean
Logical
Mostly intuitive (some instruction needed)
One screen (not annoying)
Split screen (efficient)
Works in portrait and landscape (no mean
feat)
14. Quick Tips
Single click/one finger to view toolbars
Double click/one finger to zoom in
Single click/two fingers to zoom out
Swipe to toggle between pages
Pinching with 2 fingers works
5 finger „pinching‟ only works if multi-tasking
is off
16. Developer
JAMM Interviews Yuri Selukoff of
Good.iWare (from May 2010)
Russian developer
Programming started as a hobby.
17. Other Similar Apps
PDF Pen … $14.99: www.smilesoftware.com
PDF Expert … $9.99: www.readdle.com
Adobe … free: www.adobe.com
Other decent or half-way decent iPhone/iPad pdf
readers/annotators:
http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/pdf-
annotation