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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I am fixing up the eBook I mentioned. I will post it here once I am done and prove what compatible is.
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I'm sure you can craft an epub that would work on any particular reading system you choose; so can we, and that's not the point. The point is that we aren't targeting 8 year old ebook renderers, just like modern websites don't target Netscape Navigator or IE10. I'm sorry you don't like that, but that's the decision we have to make as a volunteer organization with limited time and resources.
We get to release one main ebook file--the compatible one--and it has to work reasonably well on as many
modern--emphasis on
modern--systems as possible. ADE 2.0.1 is not in that list because it's ancient, but systems like Kobo, Kindle, Play Books, iBooks, Bluefire, and so on, are.
It would be absurd to demand for a website released today to work on IE10, a web browser released in 2012, for it to be deemed "compatible". The same can be said for epubs, which are just websites-in-a-box that are rendered on what boils down to glorified web browsers. Any web developer who was working during the IE6 days will tell you how hard, and even impossible, it was to craft a single file that would work reasonably well across several browsers/renderers, let alone catering to demands from the peanut gallery to support obsolete pet favorites too.
Edit: I'll restate my invitation for you to volunteer on working on our build chain to build in the compatibility you desire. The source is on GitHub and anyone can create a pull request or discuss real technical solutions. But, note that we expect a professional standard of conduct.