Footnote pop-up example

dcmst · 09-21-2014, 12:22 PM

Hi,

could someone point me to an already made example ePUB with the footnote pop-up feature implemented?

thanks

Jellby · 09-21-2014, 02:05 PM

That is a feature of the reader, not of the ePub file (and not a common feature). However, it may be that the ePub needs to be coded in some specific way for it to work properly, but again what is this specific way will depend on the reader.

Or maybe there's something in ePub 3, but that's still the same situation (few readers support it).

Doitsu · 09-21-2014, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcmst

could someone point me to an already made example ePUB with the footnote pop-up feature implemented?

Relevant blog post by Liz Castro, which links to this ePub3 sample.

RbnJrg · 09-21-2014, 07:41 PM

To my taste, is better the way that CoolReader and Alreader employ to show the footnotes: at the bottom of the page (like the footnotes we see in a printed page).

Ghitulescu · 09-22-2014, 03:03 AM

Tocuhscreen devices make endnotes a breeze to call - tap on their number and land at the end, with another tap on their number go back - some ereaders offer a BACK solution (sort of history.go(-1)

).

dcmst · 09-22-2014, 04:41 AM

thank you Doitsu, that was exactly what I was looking for.

mrmikel · 09-22-2014, 08:24 AM

But you can't count on this behavior in all devices. My PRS-300 doesn't have it, even though it would be very nice to have. And it is very hard to duplicate just with links, as the jump link can point repeatedly to the same endnote, but the jump back can require a large selection list to get back to where you were.

This is among the things that many of us which Adobe had concentrated on in EPUB3 instead of multimedia which can't be displayed well on eink devices anyway.

Hitch · 09-22-2014, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmikel

But you can't count on this behavior in all devices. My PRS-300 doesn't have it, even though it would be very nice to have. And it is very hard to duplicate just with links, as the jump link can point repeatedly to the same endnote, but the jump back can require a large selection list to get back to where you were.

This is among the things that many of us which Adobe had concentrated on in EPUB3 instead of multimedia which can't be displayed well on eink devices anyway.

YES...that is exactly right. The "multi-link" problem is one we deal with all the time.

Hitch

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dcmst Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: nook	Footnote pop-up example Hi, could someone point me to an already made example ePUB with the footnote pop-up feature implemented? thanks

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Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,515 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	That is a feature of the reader, not of the ePub file (and not a common feature). However, it may be that the ePub needs to be coded in some specific way for it to work properly, but again what is this specific way will depend on the reader. Or maybe there's something in ePub 3, but that's still the same situation (few readers support it).

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RbnJrg Wizard Posts: 1,539 Karma: 6613969 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Rosario - Santa Fe - Argentina Device: Kindle 4 NT	To my taste, is better the way that CoolReader and Alreader employ to show the footnotes: at the bottom of the page (like the footnotes we see in a printed page).

09-22-2014, 03:03 AM	#5
Ghitulescu Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 403106 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: PRS-T1	Tocuhscreen devices make endnotes a breeze to call - tap on their number and land at the end, with another tap on their number go back - some ereaders offer a BACK solution (sort of history.go(-1) ).

09-22-2014, 04:41 AM	#6
dcmst Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: nook	thank you Doitsu, that was exactly what I was looking for.

09-22-2014, 08:24 AM	#7
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	But you can't count on this behavior in all devices. My PRS-300 doesn't have it, even though it would be very nice to have. And it is very hard to duplicate just with links, as the jump link can point repeatedly to the same endnote, but the jump back can require a large selection list to get back to where you were. This is among the things that many of us which Adobe had concentrated on in EPUB3 instead of multimedia which can't be displayed well on eink devices anyway.

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