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pittendrigh · 06-26-2020, 11:01 AM

Good point. Yes. Reflowable. I hate PDF. When it's flipbooks I kill the tab and find some other way.

Ebook Requirements in the Educational Context ...of the near future

Chapters that contain one (long) or perhaps many shorter "pages"
Reflowable text
Next Page button or swipe
Prev Page button or swipe
Last Read Page button (determining that state is a subject of its own. I have my way)
Note for instance that page saving on long pages means using Javascript to track the current scroll position in the current page or file
Collapsible Table of Contents
Keyword Search mechanism

I have done all the above (not counting keyword search but that's in the works) with a server side combination of php, javascript and python.

It doesn't have to be server side. I stream video onto my phone every day of my life. For reasons I do not understand Kindle and Google Playbooks reader do not support streaming video yet. Not well enough to actually use anyway. They could but they don't. They will. It's just a matter of time.

The current covid-related wave of interest in online learning will require it. Sooner rather than later. In the mean time--because I need it now and use it on my own website--I do it with my own hotrod dynamic HTML.

Video on your phone, inside epub3, is coming at you. I see that locomotive at the end of the tunnel. Coming at us fastly.

06-26-2020, 11:01 AM	#15
pittendrigh Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 1332336 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: montana Device: none	Good point. Yes. Reflowable. I hate PDF. When it's flipbooks I kill the tab and find some other way. Ebook Requirements in the Educational Context ...of the near future Chapters that contain one (long) or perhaps many shorter "pages" Reflowable text Next Page button or swipe Prev Page button or swipe Last Read Page button (determining that state is a subject of its own. I have my way) Note for instance that page saving on long pages means using Javascript to track the current scroll position in the current page or file Collapsible Table of Contents Keyword Search mechanism I have done all the above (not counting keyword search but that's in the works) with a server side combination of php, javascript and python. It doesn't have to be server side. I stream video onto my phone every day of my life. For reasons I do not understand Kindle and Google Playbooks reader do not support streaming video yet. Not well enough to actually use anyway. They could but they don't. They will. It's just a matter of time. The current covid-related wave of interest in online learning will require it. Sooner rather than later. In the mean time--because I need it now and use it on my own website--I do it with my own hotrod dynamic HTML. Video on your phone, inside epub3, is coming at you. I see that locomotive at the end of the tunnel. Coming at us fastly. Last edited by pittendrigh; 06-26-2020 at 11:44 AM.