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davidrothman · 10-25-2006, 12:54 AM

Alex did a great job of summing up the new program's features. For another perspective, see http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=5698 .

Beyond the usual DRM gotchas, there's the issue of the reader's being "Flash-based"---Adobe's own words. You can bet that Adobe will be more interested in promoting books with proprietary gotchas than the unencumbered pure OEBPS variety. In effect we're still deep in, yep, eBabel territory. Simply put, the new Adobe program is a Trojan for proprietary technology.

Meanwhile, the guys at Microsoft may very well have a superior raeder in the works. The Times Reader displayed better on my PC than the Adobe program did, and I suspect that the inevitable successor to Microsoft Reader will do the same. Significantly, Microsoft has not been a participant in the IDPF's latest standards-setting activities---dominated by Adobe and ETI.

Thanks.
David

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10-25-2006, 12:54 AM	#31
davidrothman Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 32 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Device: Paperwhite, $50 Fire, iPad Air 2, Nexus 6, Kobo Aura H2O	Alex did a great job of summing up the new program's features. For another perspective, see http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=5698 . Beyond the usual DRM gotchas, there's the issue of the reader's being "Flash-based"---Adobe's own words. You can bet that Adobe will be more interested in promoting books with proprietary gotchas than the unencumbered pure OEBPS variety. In effect we're still deep in, yep, eBabel territory. Simply put, the new Adobe program is a Trojan for proprietary technology. Meanwhile, the guys at Microsoft may very well have a superior raeder in the works. The Times Reader displayed better on my PC than the Adobe program did, and I suspect that the inevitable successor to Microsoft Reader will do the same. Significantly, Microsoft has not been a participant in the IDPF's latest standards-setting activities---dominated by Adobe and ETI. Thanks. David David Rothman \| TeleRead.org \| 703-370-6540