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Originally Posted by fjtorres
epub3 is primarily a zipped website and most browsers can open local files just fine. And at least one common browser already knows how to open epub without plugins.
Why not just use a perfectly ordinary tablet/laptop/desktop?
Just feed it a zipped website. Or an epub3 if you think the added metadata matters that much.
All the pieces are out there. If you think it's useful, just do it.
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I already know what epub(3) is. Just saying a ubiquitously supported, self-contained, standard format not reliant on websites or the internet would be quite nice for certain types of content. Alas, the ubiquitous support for epub3 with embedded video simply isn't there at the moment.
By browser, I'm guessing you're referring to Edge? I don't use Windows 10 myself so I wouldn't know but does it support epub3?
I remember having the option to save webpages as single MHT archive files in Firefox but I could only open those files in Firefox and videos weren't saved in the archive. Well, it's the same thing when I save webpages as webpage, complete. Videos are excluded when saving.
Personally, I'd love to be able to just use any web browser and, say, save an instructable with embedded video as a large, DRM-free epub3 file and be able to open on any web browser or reader app without the need for plugins.
Unfortunately, it seems more and more that we're gearing towards proprietary, locked down systems instead of easily shareable and open standards.