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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
I like HTML because it is open-source, commonly used, and therefore isn't going to go away.
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Well said.
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Originally Posted by Kris777
I can agree that supported e-book formats are not very important for some group of people who can spend 2-5 minutes to convert original ebooks from one format to TXT, PDF or any other formats but the problem is that not ALL people who read books and ebooks familiar and know how to do it.
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That's why my article is "Why supported formats don't matter to
me (very much). I realize that this is an issue for the general public, but not some of us who are more familiar with format conversions. Still, a very good point to bring out.
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Originally Posted by rjh
...Your third item in the top list is "ease of use" and you then write at some length about conversion issues and software. Epic fail - the average user is not going to want to or be able to deal with format conversion.
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As noted above, this doesn't apply much to me, but you make a good point. As far as item #3, I was thinking of the features involved in actually reading a book, like where the button are and how the menus work. But you are right - ease of use is about the entire experience.
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Originally Posted by rjh
In addition, you seem to be dealing with ebooks as a standalone format, without considering how it might integrate with other activities, for example using office software or (important to me) how ebooks integrate with web browsing.
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Wow, that's a really great point. Well said... I never really thought about that integration issue before.