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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
It's much more involved than "not liking it." Images as links just don't work with some EPUB rendering engines. Same with tool tips.
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True enough :-) The tool tip not working in ADE was an annoyance, but now having had a chance to test the epub on my iPad, I found that in the IOS version of iBooks the link from the index back to the illustration didn't function, which is a deal breaker. So now I'm working on another approach.
As with having to go the SVG route because illustrations weren't resized correctly in some major readers/apps, the underlying problem is that there is no industry wide consensus [i.e. understanding/respect/whatever] for even the standards that are in place. That, of course, is aggravated by older readers/apps, but applies to the current range of available readers/apps. If one gets beyond simple text, sooner or later they're going to find that some of the intended functionality fails in some number of readers/apps. Such may be ok with some tech people, and some businesses, but it's a real pita for authors.
