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Originally Posted by ahi
You can smear dog poo-poo on a paper book, and it still won't leave its layout or typographic professionalism any worse than the best reflow eBooks out there.
Admittedly both page smell and page contrast will be worse for the wear.
- Ahi
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What I don't understand in this whole argument is the comparison to the real world and the digital. I don't read newspapers or magazines in print, haven't for a long time, the web versions are suited to a different medium and I wouldn't want them trying to replicate the physical medium. What works in the physical world, especially design wise, cannot be rammed into the digital where 're-flow' and 'fluidity' are the cornerstones of the design ethic. Websites, as with ePub have to degrade and upgrade gracefully. PDF cannot do this, and I don't see a point in the future where this function (the most important for one-file-many-viewers) will be replicated.