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DiapDealer · 01-06-2013, 08:47 AM

Thanks for the hands-on product reports. You saved me $4.98 with regard to the Helicon reader.

(Actually I hear they're looking for sponsors so they can go open-source. Maybe they'll get better someday).

I'd appreciate it if someone could clarify something for me concerning iBooks. I know it does audio/video and JS, but will it actually open an ePub where the opf file is declared (and structured) as "version=3.0"? Even if it was just straight-up, plain text, will iBooks open a valid ePub3 container? I honestly don't know the answer.

People mention ePub3 features a lot, but I don't really consider an app as "supporting ePub3" (even partially) if it's simply allowing a few ePub3 features in an otherwise ePub2-compliant container.

01-06-2013, 08:47 AM	#7
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,548 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Thanks for the hands-on product reports. You saved me $4.98 with regard to the Helicon reader. (Actually I hear they're looking for sponsors so they can go open-source. Maybe they'll get better someday). I'd appreciate it if someone could clarify something for me concerning iBooks. I know it does audio/video and JS, but will it actually open an ePub where the opf file is declared (and structured) as "version=3.0"? Even if it was just straight-up, plain text, will iBooks open a valid ePub3 container? I honestly don't know the answer. People mention ePub3 features a lot, but I don't really consider an app as "supporting ePub3" (even partially) if it's simply allowing a few ePub3 features in an otherwise ePub2-compliant container. Last edited by DiapDealer; 01-06-2013 at 08:56 AM.