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Old 05-30-2012, 07:41 AM   #43
Jellby
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
Most available PDF tools make lousy electronic documents without metadata or TOC, they are truly intended to be printed IMHO.
So... because there are defective tools with defaults that have to be changed, we invent a new format? In spite of the fact that there are other very good tools? It doesn't look very intelligent to me.

The only advantage I see to fixed-format ePub is that the source code is easily seen and modifiable (something like the difference between compiled and interpreted programming languages). But as soon as you mixed fixed and "flexible" content, you're playing with fire. And this may happen by simply letting the user (or reading app) to change the font face or size, which can break alignment and cause havoc in a fixed layout.

(sorry for continuing the off-topic)
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