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Originally Posted by eschwartz
layouts in columns -- isn't that Fixed-Format? Totally different animal...
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No, no. With epub3 you can have layout in columns in fluid format too.
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footnotes in popup windows work in EPUB2 as well -- a renderer feature.
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With epub3 you should have popup windows in any ereader that supports the protocol.
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Oh, great, some new CSS3 styles, we were just dying to have those... might I ask which ones you felt were important? 
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Yes, of course. Please, read this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=212300
Also css3 allows elements to be styled in various shapes (i.e think circle divs) and you can wrap your text around the edges of a curvy design. Please, read these articles:
http://www.sitepoint.com/css-shapes-...ngular-design/
http://sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-shapes/
Also you can have text-shadow, hollow text (text-stroke), text in perspective, text reflected, etc., etc.
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Scripts are an abomination, and the only thing about EPUB3 that I believe must be immediately consigned to the flames, destroyed, annihilated, NUKED FROM ORBIT!!!! 
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With javascript you can change the layout of any epub ON THE FLY; things that are ok with some font-size, they can not be with a new size. Read this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=265388
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So I stand by my point, essentially, the only thing EPUB3 gives you (implies something you want) is audio, video, and MathML, and I didn't mention MathML, only because it answers a specific minority need (mathematical texts are a very small corner of the EPUB market).
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Of course you have the right to sustain your opinion, but with css3 you can do a lot of things with less (much less) code. You can style chapter titles and to use layouts in a way not possible with css2.
Regards
Rubén