[IPOL discuss] [Fwd: IPOL & MathJax]

[Pascal Getreuer]

Hi all,

I agree with Pascal Monasse, we do not have an urgent need to improve
the math formulas because what IPOL currently has is reasonably good.
However, we should keep MathJax in mind for the future.  If (when)
IPOL moves to a new edition system, we can consider adopting MathJax
at the same time .

Best,
Pascal


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 09:32, Pascal Monasse <monasse at imagine.enpc.fr> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I do not think we really have a problem with math formulas, just limitations:
> they do not look nice when scaled and are inadequate for inline equations.
> Sure, mathjax looks nice, but it depends on javascript support in the browser.
> Up to now we have resisted to javascript dependency with reasonable success,
> which is a very good thing in my opinion. Mathjax advantages do not seem
> sufficient to justify changing that.
> Best,
> Pascal
>
> On Monday, March 21, 2011 02:29:32 pm Jean-Michel Morel wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have received the message below and would like to have your opinion:
>> it is true that we have a problem with math formulas in IPOL articles:
>> is Mathjax a solution?
>>
>> Best,
>> Jean-Michel
>>
>>
>> -------- Message original --------
>> Sujet : IPOL & MathJax
>> Date : Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:15:41 +0100
>> De : Hylke Koers <hylkek at mathjax.org>
>> Pour : edit at ipol.im
>>
>> Dear Jean-Michel,
>>
>> It is my pleasure to meet you virtually. My name is Hylke Koers and I am
>> working on MathJax, a new open source software technology that displays
>> mathematics on all modern web browsers and mobile devices.
>>
>> I have been browsing the IPOL website, and it's exciting to see how you
>> are combining traditional scholarly publication with online code
>> repositories, examples and demos. I noticed that you are displaying
>> mathematical equations as images, and I would like to draw your
>> attention to MathJax, a dynamical math display engine that provides some
>> important advantages over equation images. A major advantage for online
>> scientific publishers is that the math looks good on all modern
>> browsers, even on smartphones and tablets, and at all levels of zoom.
>>
>> Who in your organization would be the best person to talk to about
>> online mathematics? We would be very interested in hearing about your
>> needs to learn how we can make MathJax work best for innovative
>> initiatives such as IPOL.
>>
>> The MathJax project was initiated in 2009 by Design Science, the
>> American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Society for Industrial and
>> Applied Mathematics (SIAM) to develop a universal, robust, and
>> easy-to-use solution for online math display. Besides making math look
>> good across viewing devices (without the need for readers to install
>> anything), MathJax allows your readers to copy math to the clipboard so
>> they can work with it in calculation applications. It also provides math
>> accessibility allowing the equations to be understood by blind, poor
>> vision, dyslexic, and learning-disabled readers. MathJax is the new
>> standard for quality display mathematics in HTML, and is already in use
>> by leading publishers such as MathSciNet, The Optical Society, Project
>> Euclid, and Connexions.org.
>>
>> I hope that you will take a closer look at MathJax on www.mathjax.org,
>> and I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.
>>
>> With my best regards,
>>
>> Hylke Koers
>>
>>
>> Dr. Hylke Koers
>> MathJax Business Development Manager
>> www.mathjax.org
>> http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=4508306
>>
>>
>>
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