MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Why is the EPUB format so poorly implemented (on the desktop at least) ?

DSpider · 02-16-2011, 03:54 PM

You mean the creators/publishers don't put their ePubs through validators ? Because I think they do, and the files pass. Yet they still display differently on every system. Why is that ? Why can't they develop ONE, GOOD, reading engine and adapt it to multiple devices ? Or even use one already developed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_%28layout_engine%29

Open source, cross platform... What are they, stupid ?

02-16-2011, 03:54 PM	#18
DSpider Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 343115 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Romania Device: PW2 2014	You mean the creators/publishers don't put their ePubs through validators ? Because I think they do, and the files pass. Yet they still display differently on every system. Why is that ? Why can't they develop ONE, GOOD, reading engine and adapt it to multiple devices ? Or even use one already developed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_%28layout_engine%29 Open source, cross platform... What are they, stupid ? Last edited by DSpider; 02-16-2011 at 04:00 PM.