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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
@Peter: I've noticed that ADE in general doesn't seem to believe in the philosophy of being liberal in what it accepts as input. You really should change that.
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Hmm, I'd call it "sloppy", not "liberal". Why do you think it's a good idea?
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For example, I've found that it refuses it display epub files that have html components that dont declare a namespace.
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Yes, we either need a namespace or XHTML DTD (OPS DTD would work as well).
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I know that such files are not valid as per the EPUB spec,
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XHTML spec as well, I think.
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but, while being so zealous in following spec is welcome in a tool to create epub files, it is out of place in a viewer application.
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Unfortunately, my experience is that creation tools will make use of any sloppiness that they can get away with. And I don't think there are any disagreements that content slopiness is bad for everyone.
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And are there any plans to release a linux version sometime soon, or am I going to have to roll my own viewer?
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By all means, roll your own! I cannot give you any hints on what is planned when (there is a strict company-wide policy on public disclosures of that kind).