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Just to view a text file.

Viewing a local text file on my Android devices was a painful experience, and yet we call them smart. Go figure. WebView does not follow my color scheme preference, Bromite--also based on Chromium--does not display it in monospaced font, and Fennec--based on Firefox (Fenix)--does not provide any interface at all. Additionally, my only Notes application crashes from its large size,[a] and using Termux is clunky. Why bother installing another application just to view this file when I can make a viewer that works for everyone with a web browser? And just like that, NET-Viewer is born.

I started with a copy of [J-Card Template], stripped all of its application-specific features and generalized the remains to make way for the future. Along the way, I decided to add support for media files and especially PDF documents. The end goal is for us to benefit from its output display adjustment controls.

Now, viewing a local text file on my Android devices is as easy as uploading it to a web page. Plus, I can enable the dark color scheme and monospaced font, then adjust the output display to my comfort. Now that is smart.

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