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Old 06-13-2007, 09:31 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by Robert Marquard View Post
The question of HTML/dynamic vs. PDF/static page is a question of what an ebook should be. Static means the ebook should be just like a paper book with only minor enhancements wheras dynamic content tries to introduce new features to the reading process. Which one will win is impossible to predict.

Soft hyphens do work in modern browsers so the HTML source could be augmented by shy entities.
You're wrong, you can have links in what you call static pages too. HTML is not much more dynamic than some fixed size format, it's just easier to reflow. If you want advance design and typesetting, fixed size formats are much more powerful than HTML.
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