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Old 05-21-2009, 08:27 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by Moejoe View Post
Yes, but InDesign 4's ePub output is limited at best; that's why I said 'when it becomes more robust'. You still have to manipulate CSS and such after the creation from InDesign (a pain in the arse if you're not a coder)....]
I often deal with both designers and programmers, and the problem is, that the standards, which will allow "manipulating CSS" to make a page look as good as possible in print or in PDF, are far, far in the hazy future.

PDF, however, is here. And it takes a couple of clicks for publishers to export to PDF, and to get a perfect product.

I am sure, there will be different, and/or highly evolved standards, a decade or more from now. The web will look different, and presumably much richer and better. But I don't see it happening in the next 2-3 years.

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Books have never standardized on size and eBook Readers will not either. Different sizes meet different needs, there is no one size fits all device.
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Different animals, IMO. Look at screen sizes, which are fairly standard. While you can do any size on a press, there are only so many core component screen manufacturers.

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