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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Now you are confusing me  Are you saying that Kobo's renderer (modified or not is the equivalent of an HTML3 browser in an HTML 4 world, or the opposite. Seems you are saying the first.
HTML 3/HTML4 or Adobe/Access can't say I care if they are reasonable. Adobe is reasonable on my Sony and slightly less reasonable on my Kobos. Acess does not work on anything but my Kobo's and as I seem to encounter every bug in the known universe no matter which way I upgrade, or whether I use SD card or not, well I do not do kepubs.
I fail to see Kobo's marketing strategy. You can only view kepubs (without converting) on a Kobo device or using a Kobo app. Kobo apps are AFAIK kind of crippled in that they can only be used to view Kobo store epubs or kepubs, so even if they are truly splendiferous only diehard Kobo people are going to use them long term. |
The ACCESS renderer would be the equivalent of a HTML 5 browser in a world where most of the content is still being programmed for HTML 4. Adobe's RMDSK is fine for epub2 compliant files but, at a pace best described as glacial, the publishing world is moving in the direction of epub3.
You can view a non-DRMed epub3 ebook with an epub2 renderer but quite a few strange glitches where the standards differ and use of some epub3 features such as the improved SVG image handling will cause the ebook to be pretty much unreadable on an epub2 renderer.
The Kobo app on my iPad and Nexus 7 are capable of working with DRM free .epub files which is why I use them since that way the choice is pretty much transparent to me (iTunes to copy the epubs for the iPad, file copy for the Nexus 7, syncing over the network for .kepub ebooks on either). The Kobo app will not work with Adobe ADEPT DRMed epubs which limits borrowing library books or purchasing on the web. I've also purchased a couple of DRM free ebooks and downloaded and opened them on iOS and Android but not my normal mode of operation. Mostly concerns about connecting to a network outside home or work and sending sensitive information. It's not paranoia if you know they are out to get you!
I would agree about converting epub to kepub.epub at home - it seems to be a crap shoot. But then such conversions are not a supported mode so I can't blame Kobo for any problems.
Regards,
David