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DawnFalcon · 02-10-2010, 01:55 PM

It's still additional software. And yes, I can and will ignore a site using and single format with the grudging exception of PDF. When you're not using DRM, there's no good reason for not also providing HTML or RTF.

PDF readers are very common, and OSX for instance reads them natively. ePub? The most favourable estimate for install base of readers I've seen was ~1.25%.

02-10-2010, 01:55 PM	#14
DawnFalcon Banned Posts: 2,094 Karma: 2682 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: N/A	It's still additional software. And yes, I can and will ignore a site using and single format with the grudging exception of PDF. When you're not using DRM, there's no good reason for not also providing HTML or RTF. PDF readers are very common, and OSX for instance reads them natively. ePub? The most favourable estimate for install base of readers I've seen was ~1.25%. Last edited by DawnFalcon; 02-10-2010 at 02:22 PM.