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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I would love a feature that would allow a conversion of ePub 3 to ePub 2 on load. Most ePub 3 are nothing special and should have been ePub 2 from the start.
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IMHO, most of them are bloody pretentious, and do NOT do anything that a plain old, plain old ePUB2 would do, that's the part that slays me. And we're STILL at the "most devices won't read ePUB3, anyway" point, no matter what we all think about it.
And Joshua, of all people, should bloody well know that. Saying "start with the best and work your way down..." (or words to that effect, not a perfect quote) is just...to me, frustrating. ePUB3 isn't necessarily "the best." I for one preferred the NCX over ePUB3 nav, and some other aspects. I think parts of ePUB3 are more-complex than they need be, just for the sake of it.
I'll say it again, and you've all heard it from me before: wish the Committee had spent more time focusing on conformance and straightening out those things that could have used clarification, and a lot bloody less on "moving forward for forward's sake," (and media!). A lot of ePUB3 feels foofy, rather than genuine progress in the eBooks themselves.
Offered FWIW--just my opinion.
Hitch