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pdurrant · 01-22-2014, 05:21 PM

Adobe have just released Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 with a new DRM scheme, although news of it seems confined to their US web site at present.

Thanks to Nate the Great at The Digital Reader for the heads-up.

UPDATE: What does this mean for me?

The new DRM encryption will only be used on ePubs downloaded for the first time with ADE 3.0. (The retailer's server needs updating too, but that's harder for an end user to tell.)

So to avoid the new DRM scheme, make sure that you only download any newly purchased ePubs with ADE 2.0 for now.

Eventually (possibly even as early as July 2014), Adobe might require the use of ADE 3.0 for new purchases. But until then, using ADE 2.0 is my advice.

ADE 3.0 New Features

More Secure DRM Scheme
Digital Rights Management scheme to protect ePub and PDF files from unauthorized viewing is now hardened and made more secure.

Enhanced Support for Vertical Layout
Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 provides enhanced support for vertical layout and orientation:

Added support for the CSS property "epub-text-orientation"
Supported values: mixed | upright | sideways-right | sideways (sideways-left and use-glyph-orientation are not supported).
Proper alignment of special characters that act as both full width and half width.

Support for CSS 2.1 Text Properties
With the support for CSS 2.1 text properties, Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 can now render books that use CSS 2.1.

Added support for CSS “position” property.
Added support for CSS “Z-index” property.
Added support for list-style-position value “inside”.
Enhanced support for CSS Float property

PDF Search Improvements
With Adobe Digital Editions 3.0, PDF search has become better enabling you to search for text in a specific range.

Migration to the Latest Version of Compiler on Mac
Compiler on Mac is migrated from XCode 3.1 and Mac OS 10.5 SDK to the latest version XCode 5.0.x and Mac OS 10.7 SDK.

01-22-2014, 05:21 PM	#1
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,013 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 released Adobe have just released Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 with a new DRM scheme, although news of it seems confined to their US web site at present. Thanks to Nate the Great at The Digital Reader for the heads-up. UPDATE: What does this mean for me? The new DRM encryption will only be used on ePubs downloaded for the first time with ADE 3.0. (The retailer's server needs updating too, but that's harder for an end user to tell.) So to avoid the new DRM scheme, make sure that you only download any newly purchased ePubs with ADE 2.0 for now. Eventually (possibly even as early as July 2014), Adobe might require the use of ADE 3.0 for new purchases. But until then, using ADE 2.0 is my advice. ADE 3.0 New Features More Secure DRM Scheme Digital Rights Management scheme to protect ePub and PDF files from unauthorized viewing is now hardened and made more secure. Enhanced Support for Vertical Layout Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 provides enhanced support for vertical layout and orientation: Added support for the CSS property "epub-text-orientation" Supported values: mixed \| upright \| sideways-right \| sideways (sideways-left and use-glyph-orientation are not supported). Proper alignment of special characters that act as both full width and half width. Support for CSS 2.1 Text Properties With the support for CSS 2.1 text properties, Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 can now render books that use CSS 2.1. Added support for CSS “position” property. Added support for CSS “Z-index” property. Added support for list-style-position value “inside”. Enhanced support for CSS Float property PDF Search Improvements With Adobe Digital Editions 3.0, PDF search has become better enabling you to search for text in a specific range. Migration to the Latest Version of Compiler on Mac Compiler on Mac is migrated from XCode 3.1 and Mac OS 10.5 SDK to the latest version XCode 5.0.x and Mac OS 10.7 SDK. Last edited by pdurrant; 02-03-2014 at 05:17 PM.