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Originally Posted by Quoth

Animations are for APPS not ebooks.

Words said by someone who knows nothing about the subject.

And I do know about javascript.

Really? Well, you hide it very well. If you really know about javascript, then you would not think how you do. On the other hand, I know about epub2, and I can say that is an obsolete format.

I do know about multimedia design & websites, inc server side code. More than 20 years experience.

But you know nothing about epub3 and javascript (althought you say otherwise). And here we are speaking about epub3 and javascript. On the other hand, I build ebooks from the time of the .lit format, so more than 20 years of experience. Moreover, I can asure you that I know about epub2 (epub two, not epub3) more than you.

I know about writing apps, desktop programs and video production.

But you don't know anything about epub3 and javascript, and here we are speaking about epub3 and javascript.

Once you add animation or interaction or video or sound, it's no longer a book. It's best done as an app and not pretending to be a book.

As I said in my previous post, epub3 and javascript is for working less and giving the user a better reading experience. Again you do the same mistake; you think that javascript in only for interaction. BIG MISTAKE.

Poetry works fine in epub2.

Really? I don't want your words, I want FACTS. "Res, non verba". I want to see your epub2 mimicing the format of my epub3 with javascript. Please, I beg you; show us that you can imitate my epub3 layout for poetry with your epub2.

Javascript is a stupid lazy way to do static layout, which is all an ebook should have.

Since you don't know anything about javascript and epub3, at least, you should have the humility not to comment on what you ignore.

We have different definitions of what an eBook is.

It seems that for you an ebook is something similar to what someone can type on a typewriter.

But stop being insulting just because you are an avid promoter of the epub3 spec.

No, no, no. I am not insulting you; just I say that you are speaking about a subject that you ignore. Instead of that, because you want to limit yourself to epub2, you also want to limit others by saying things that are not true. It's okey if you want to stick with epub2, but to do that, don't say that epub3 is bad or not usefull. With only the selectors that epub3 has, let epub2 totally obsolete. And if you add javascript to that, the possibilities are almost limitless.

The OP and title is about "javascript in epub"

What you wrote is a proof that you don't know anything about the subject. Javascript is only for epub3, so here we are speaking about epub3 and javascript.

If javascript is really needed it's not a real ebook.

That said by someone who know nothing about epub3 and javascript. More humility on your part please.

Stick to epub2 if you wish, but you won't be able to stop the advance of the epub3 format. Sooner rather than later you will have to dedicate time to learn about the subject that now you are boldly writing.

And please don't forget to post your epub2 that mimics the layout of my epub3 with javascript regarding poetry. I look forward to seeing that wonder.