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Originally Posted by MGlitch
Yes, ePub uses ADE page numbers which Adobe freely admits is a system made up using numbers pulled out of their butt.
Jon is their major, possibly only?, champion here. The rest of us preferring kepubs 1 screen = 1 page or ADE but acknowledging that whatever system has its pros and cons.
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I would say that describing the Adobe synthetic page number algorithm as having been "pulled out their butt" is drawing a long bow. Though I am curious as to where you saw that "freely admits: statement.
I prefer Adobe page numbers for the simple reason that they are consistent across my devices. Page 256 is page 256 on my Mini, Clara HD, Forma, iPad Pro or my laptop hooked to dual 32" UHD monitors. By contrast, kepub numbering varies all over the place depending on the device I am reading on which is pretty damned useless when I am trying to find a page in a tech manual. OTOH, I prefer search to page numbers.
I will freely admit that I love yokels going on about using the "one true page numbers". It's just so futtering amusing.