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You know what is ridiculous? That in 2020 we don't have an electronic document format which has modern animation support: - WTF happened to .mhtml/.eml ?!? -
by BlueTemplar 6y ago
You know what is ridiculous? That in 2020 we don't have an electronic document format which has modern animation support:
- WTF happened to .mhtml/.eml ?!?
- .odt : the least bad I guess, but is still a bit heavy, clunky, and uses discrete pages without reflow by default. Also, the underlying language isn't designed to be tinkered with, which is a critical shortcoming in many situations.
- .pdf : inconsistent .mp4 reader support, discrete pages with fixed layout.
- .epub : no .mp4 support
I guess the patents associated with .mp4 might be to blame? I can't wait for AV1 then! (And bring mhtml back!!)
- OJFord 6y agoUh, I think 'what're we supposed to do when paying video is impossible/makes no sense' is to blame. Also, what did happen to .eml? Isn't that just a well known extension for raw email format? So in a sense it's used.. billions of times a day?
- BlueTemplar 6y ago> Uh, I think 'what're we supposed to do when paying video is impossible/makes no sense' is to blame. Similar to what you do when trying to display a color document on a monochrome display - do your best ? > Also, what did happen to .eml? Isn't that just a well known extension for raw email format? So in a sense it's used.. billions of times a day? It's actually identical to .mhtml, which makes browsers dropping the format even weirder…