MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

Quoth · 02-08-2023, 04:26 PM

KFX seems to be designed for Whispernet (WifI or Mobile driect Kindle or app connection) so you can start reading before it has completed the download and to have adaptive DRM. The so called Advanced Typesetting features are in the renderer (not inherent in the KFX file) and could be done with AZW3 with an update. The KFX and azw3 have same source. So the Advanced Typesetting is gimmick to distract from the DRM?

Similarly Kobo's kepub seems like a proprietary gimmick. Why didn't they replace ADE for epub with that renderer so that epubs have tap to zoom images etc?

02-08-2023, 04:26 PM	#1086
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,540 Karma: 108666825 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	KFX seems to be designed for Whispernet (WifI or Mobile driect Kindle or app connection) so you can start reading before it has completed the download and to have adaptive DRM. The so called Advanced Typesetting features are in the renderer (not inherent in the KFX file) and could be done with AZW3 with an update. The KFX and azw3 have same source. So the Advanced Typesetting is gimmick to distract from the DRM? Similarly Kobo's kepub seems like a proprietary gimmick. Why didn't they replace ADE for epub with that renderer so that epubs have tap to zoom images etc? Last edited by Quoth; 02-08-2023 at 04:29 PM.