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Originally Posted by klgc

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.

Aggravated by "older readers/apps," hell. Look right at Apple when you say that. Nobody ignores the standards quite like they do, or invests so much effort in bending them to their will--more multimedia than actual functionality.

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Welcome. Some people take much longer to come to this realization.

Indeedy.

Originally Posted by Notjohn

Probably more people read on tablets and phones today than use e-ink e-readers. Still, there'd be a significant minority who wouldn't see that blue border.

Oh, horse manure. Firstly, I doubt that any company in the world has that data; the only one that comes close is Amazon, most likely. I'd guess that it's a push. Sure, people read on smartphones, because they have them in their hands, or because it's more cost-efficient to have One Device To Rule Them All, than have dedicated ereaders, but as you can see on this forum alone, serious readers almost always have dedicated devices, and of those, they almost all have eInks. Those damn K2s are still out there puttering alone (mine still works, even though it's sadly neglected in favor of my Oasis), although the battery is finally starting to sputter to its eventual end, and they are still bought and sold, mind-bogglingly.

I suspect that Amazon's sold more eInks than they'll ever admit. I mean, c'mon, you think that they keep coming out with eInks out of sentimentality? No, brother. They come out with them because they sell like crazy.

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