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Originally Posted by JSWolf
It was bad enough when ADE had page numbers on the side. Word count would be just as annoying and maybe more so given larger numbers.
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ADE faux page numbers on the side is annoying because readers are typically small and don't have margins to put things like that. Print books have quite a lot of unused margin space which could easily accomodate word numbers there.
Or, you know, put the number of the first word of each page centered in the header or footer, or the outer top or bottom corners where page numbers are now.
Or something I haven't considered, yet.
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ADE page numbers are not faux. They are the first page number system that actually works and it's still on the go now. It's the device makers that choose not to use RMSDK to read ePub that are at fault for not sticking witht he standard.
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Adobe people have described it as faking it. If they can call it fake then I can call it fake.
Standards are things established by authority or custom, or by joint agreement. Adobe pulling a hack out of the metaphorical orifice located between their metaphorical buttocks is not a standard.
It's the device makers' faults for not paying Adobe for their proprietary software. Uh-huh. Plonk.