[Hitch]

Originally Posted by AlanHK

I don't appreciate the insulting tone.
Especially as it's predicated by you clearly not bothering to read my initial post, which explained exactly what I wanted to do and why.

Find something better to do than skimming old threads to look for opportunities to inject unhelpful sneering remarks.

First, I wasn't being snide, or insulting, and I didn't particularly think it was unhelpful. I genuinely don't understand, if your client is exceedingly unlikely to be able to do what you tell him, why it wouldn't be easier for you, and of course, for him, if you simply give him two ePUBs, or, to be explicit, one "real" ePUB and one "folder" ePUB that's now an unzipped folder.

NOR did I particularly think that a thread started 5 days ago was "old."

I deal with excruciatingly non-tech clients all day long. YES, I would by far rather that they manage their needs themselves, but half the time, no matter how much I try to foster independence, for their own sakes, not mine, it almost inevitably ends up causing more grief than it saves and twice the time.

I read your initial post, and eschwartz' response to you, AND this line, particularly:

That's the kind of hack I was looking to avoid. Then he has to change it back.

Given that that's not even a "hack," yes, of course, I wondered why he had to "change it back." Isn't that simply over-thinking it? Creating obstacles where none do exist?

I'm surprised that he can't copy an ePUB on a Mac, and change the file extension. Yes, I know that many Mac users don't display file extensions, and thus don't understand them, but this is rote stuff. One simple Screencast, saying "copy this, change that, and unzip it," and I'd think it would solve the issues. OR, as suggested elsewhere, send him both.

Of course--obviously--you know your client best. If it's too much for him, it's too much.

I'll simply point out that several different flavors of browser will, fairly routinely, save down an ePUB as a zipped archive. I know that Exploder does it, and I've been told, but not witnessed first-hand, that Safari will. That's one of the thoughts that I had, when asking what I thought was a perfectly reasonable question: WHY?

But, as you patently have all the feedback you want now, I'll leave you to it.



Hitch