EPUB, iBooks and Kindle media queries

[kso]

There's little usable information about CSS @media queries for EPUB and Kindle out there. And what there is, is often wrong or outdated. Just a couple of weeks ago I was struggling with width and height as reported by iBooks (now called Apple Books) on iPhone and iPad: they're certainly not device pixels, and they're not what's quoted on various blogs and community sites.

And before you state the obvious: I'm not advocating the use of pixel based breakpoints, but sometimes it really helps to know what kind of device a story is read on so you stay in control.

In the end I made a small EPUB to figure out dimensions and other device facts, and that gave me the idea to ask you to lend a hand so I can collect and list the data gathered. Hopefully this gets enough traction that it stays current even when device updates or new devices pop up.

The "Ebook @Media Queries" EPUB (and an equivalent Kindle mobi) is at https://ebookfonts.uk/fdir/free-ebooks.html.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by kso

There's little usable information about CSS @media queries for EPUB and Kindle out there. And what there is, is often wrong or outdated. Just a couple of weeks ago I was struggling with width and height as reported by iBooks (now called Apple Books) on iPhone and iPad: they're certainly not device pixels, and they're not what's quoted on various blogs and community sites.

And before you state the obvious: I'm not advocating the use of pixel based breakpoints, but sometimes it really helps to know what kind of device a story is read on so you stay in control.

In the end I made a small EPUB to figure out dimensions and other device facts, and that gave me the idea to ask you to lend a hand so I can collect and list the data gathered. Hopefully this gets enough traction that it stays current even when device updates or new devices pop up.

The "Ebook @Media Queries" EPUB (and an equivalent Kindle mobi) is at https://ebookfonts.uk/fdir/free-ebooks.html.

Hm.....the download seems to be timing out for me? Is it just moi?

Hitch

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Hm.....the download seems to be timing out for me? Is it just moi?

Hitch

Works for me and I'm further from the UK than thee Here's what it says:



BR

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Works for me and I'm further from the UK than thee Here's what it says:

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BR

Uh...no, I was talking about the download link, not the website link? On that URL, the one initially linked in his/her post, there's a link to download the ePUB, right after where it says "click here." ???

Hitch

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Uh...no, I was talking about the download link, not the website link? On that URL, the one initially linked in his/her post, there's a link to download the ePUB, right after where it says "click here." ???

Hitch

All the links on that page time out, including the Home etc buttons at the top, and the Contact link at the bottom.

BTW the OP is probably a 'he' - Klaus Schallhorn

BR

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

All the links on that page time out, including the Home etc buttons at the top, and the Contact link at the bottom.

BTW the OP is probably a 'he' - Klaus Schallhorn

BR

You are probably right (on the s/he). I'm glad to know it's not just me with the time outs! ;-) I move so many files each day that sometimes, I'm 99.999999% sure that my ISP throttles me. (My "neighbor," which means, the guy down the way apiece was kvetching about how DREADFUL his bandwidth speed is, last Sunday. I am between him and the fiber optic, right? I was )

Hitch

[BetterRed]

How China diverts, then spies on Australia's internet traffic

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

How China diverts, then spies on Australia's internet traffic

LOL, yeah, that's me, except in my case it's probably Putin jackin' my bandwidth, dang it!

Hitch

[kso]

This is really really weird. Just tried the download (again) and it works, same goes for all the links on any of these pages. Have you answered the simple math question to show you're not a robot? Must have, otherwise you get a "Bad Request" answer.

That server runs a copy of fail2ban to guard against whatnot, but the limits allow normal web browsing w/o a problem.

klaus

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by kso

This is really really weird. Just tried the download (again) and it works, same goes for all the links on any of these pages. Have you answered the simple math question to show you're not a robot? Must have, otherwise you get a "Bad Request" answer.

That server runs a copy of fail2ban to guard against whatnot, but the limits allow normal web browsing w/o a problem.

klaus

Nope, I've never seen the robot. I get:

This site can’t be reached
ebookfonts.uk took too long to respond.

Hitch

[kso]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Nope, I've never seen the robot. I get:

Hitch

Gets weirder all the time. Must have been a routing issue somewhere between Putin and you. The server's last reboot was more than 6 weeks ago.
Just out of interest, where are you situated? I'm in the UK and I'm hosting in the UK, so there's obviously no issue for me.

klaus

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by kso

Gets weirder all the time. Must have been a routing issue somewhere between Putin and you. The server's last reboot was more than 6 weeks ago.
Just out of interest, where are you situated? I'm in the UK and I'm hosting in the UK, so there's obviously no issue for me.

klaus

Phoenix, Arizona, USA. I don't normally have weirdo issues like this, fwiw. I get other weirdo issues. :-)

Hitch

[Tex2002ans]

I tried to download the links when the topic was first posted, and got all the same issues as Hitch. I just tried now and the downloads work.

Although the robot math problems were annoying. (I was also able to get around many of them by just going Back/Forward in my browser. It gave me the same exact math question.) :P

PS. The font you use in your ebooks, Arsenal, is much too thin to read on screen. I had to bump up the zoom in Sigil and my eyes still hurt.

Also, some of your buttons here:

https://ebookfonts.uk/cgi-bin/ffdl.cgi?j=fb

link to the same exact files, even though they have different filenames.

[kso]

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

... I just tried now and the downloads work.

Although the robot math problems were annoying. (I was also able to get around many of them by just going Back/Forward in my browser. It gave me the same exact math question.) :P

I know. It's intentional. Scripts hunting for abusable forms don't cache things, browsers do. And although the math can be annoying, I find it easier than captchas with pictures, especially fuzzy photos shot through a dirty lens.

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

PS. The font you use in your ebooks, Arsenal, is much too thin to read on screen. I had to bump up the zoom in Sigil and my eyes still hurt.

Sorry 'bout that. Font is set to 16px at the moment, but although I'm already juggling three glasses (monitor, books and everything else) and dreading a cataract operation in the very near future I thought nobody's eyesight will be worse than mine. I'll look into that.

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

Also, some of your buttons here:

https://ebookfonts.uk/cgi-bin/ffdl.cgi?j=fb

link to the same exact files, even though they have different filenames.

That, dear Sir, was a bug, sort of. When you're requesting a download while another one is in progress, some gremlins became active. They're caged up now.

Thanks for the feedback.

klaus

PS: I've set the font-size to 100% now, so it'll be as large or small as you configured in your browser.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

I tried to download the links when the topic was first posted, and got all the same issues as Hitch. I just tried now and the downloads work.

Although the robot math problems were annoying. (I was also able to get around many of them by just going Back/Forward in my browser. It gave me the same exact math question.) :P

PS. The font you use in your ebooks, Arsenal, is much too thin to read on screen. I had to bump up the zoom in Sigil and my eyes still hurt.

Also, some of your buttons here:

https://ebookfonts.uk/cgi-bin/ffdl.cgi?j=fb

link to the same exact files, even though they have different filenames.

I had to go back past the math question to the main download page and then back to the math question to stop getting the same ebook every time. It was fun trying to download the raster and vector versions of the Fonts ebook until I worked this out.