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Old 10-07-2019, 09:58 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
If they are different, then they won't be the same. So you won't get the same page numbers. Yes, I acknowledge that this is true.
Good.

Now the argumentum ad absurdum. Consider this hypothetical situation: some books advance when you tap the right third of the screen and some books advance when you slide across the screen. The books that advance with a tap will not advance with a slide and the books that advance with a slide will not advance with a tap. Because "they are different".

Both actions are valid ways of advancing through a book. The problem -- the absurdity -- is in the inconsistency. A book being different should not change how the UI operates. A tap should work the same for every book. A slide should work the same for every book.

Faux pages should work the same for every book.

They don't. They can't.
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