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Old 12-29-2010, 07:43 AM   #1
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Javascript in mobi ebooks?
The Mobipocket Developer website states that the Mobipocket format supports limited Javascript:
http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/articl...javascript.htm

Does anyone know if the Kindle's reader includes Javascript support? I've tried a simple example from the above link, which doesn't seem to work, but I just wondered if I'd done something wrong, or missed something.
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Old 12-29-2010, 10:15 AM   #2
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Nope, sorry.

Javascript support was dropped when the Java based Mobipocket Reader was developed. The Kindle uses a lot of that code, which is why the Kindle can't do it either.

I agree that it would have been a lot of fun if it had this support.
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Thanks for the quick response. At least I've found out before I spent too much time trying to make it work
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Thanks for the quick response. At least I've found out before I spent too much time trying to make it work
You're welcome.

I got into this myself some time back. You could do a surprising amount of stuff with Javascript in Mobipocket. To this day, the old Mobipocket format still has the best support for interactivity. It's a shame that they dropped it.
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