Last post... I'll do no more debating in this thread thereafter. If you are keen to ask me questions on the subject, contact me via private messaging.
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
No, they won't discard, but they will adapt. HTML 5, Canvas integration with postscript, SVG graphics, are all up to spec now and will be adopted in the coming years. Your 'pdf' vision will possibly be reached, but not with PDF which is an old technology created for a very specific purpose. I've already read in the last few days, in several different places, that "ePub is the mp3 of reading", it has a cartload of momentum, and as with mp3 quality is not the arbitrator of adoption, ease of use and device support is.
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Ok. So this is where it becomes pointless for me, Moejoe. Namely where someone makes it clear that they basically assume technology is like magic, in that given enough of it, any problem can be solved.
I've explained a myriad times that typography and bookmaking are not software/hardware automatable problems (and I also explained at length why in several places, one of them linked from my signature).
If you don't believe me, because you believe your ignorance of the issues enables you to have more accurate foresight of the future than my somewhat professional understanding of them does, continuing this discussion is bad for our health and can lead to no progress, never mind agreement.
I apologize, Moejoe, and hope you will hold no grudge against me. I enjoy our conversations elsewhere, and, as you know, we are even ideologically aligned on other issues... but your above paragraph looks like a lot of words, borne primarily of a lack of understanding of the issues (or, since I've been harping on about them, a refusal to acknowledge them).
I should note though... my ranting is never meant to influence people... particularly since I freely acknowledge that good PDF eBooks are precious few at this time. And also because I have not an ounce of doubt in my mind that regardless of what eBook readers want/prefer/buy, a PDF or PDF-like format will eventually take over quite entirely--and it will be to everybody's benefit. Any other option would be philistinism achieving victory over perfectly feasible prospects of genuine progress... which, judging by human history, is not very likely.
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Simply put if I have a choice between buying one product that I can use now and gives me a satisfactory experience across many different scenarios, why would I not chose that option? Why would I want a PDF for my phone and one for my reader and one for a 8" reader and then another that fits my 32" monitor and another that fits my 10" in-car monitor and so on...doesn't make sense to me.
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If you had a dedicated eBook reading device, that excelled at its function and was supremely portable, and had professional quality eBooks for it, perhaps you would bloody carry it with you... instead of reading it on your large-screen TV or in your moving car.
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