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Exactly. And epub will be an option for that just as soon as we have an html+css format that renders exactly the same on different clients and platforms when au
by abeyer 3y ago
Exactly. And epub will be an option for that just as soon as we have an html+css format that renders exactly the same on different clients and platforms when authored by someone who doesn't know what they're doing... so roughly never.
- pasc1878 3y agoBut to read something e.g. a manual it should render differently on a phone or a big screen they are different sizes. If it renders the same then it is not fit for purpose that is reading on a screen. There are reasons to use pdf if the document must be the same on all devices but you need more than a plain pdf as you could edit a pdf to change 1s to 9s.
- wolverine876 3y agoYou've narrowed the spec to that one requirement. There are other requirements too, that PDF meets very well. No technology is a universal answer. You want to understand the job and then find the right tool.
- pasc1878 3y agoThis is in response to people saying that PDFs do meet that requirement. I say they don't.
- xigoi 3y agoWhy would you want it to render exactly the same? I want documents to render differently based on the screen width and my preferences.
- wolverine876 3y ago> epub will be an option for that just as soon as we have an html+css format that renders exactly the same on different clients and platforms when authored by someone who doesn't know what they're doing... so roughly never. epub is already a very widely used option ?
- abeyer 3y agonot for the point of this discussion which was "properly typeset digital documents"
- wolverine876 3y agoSorry, I somehow misread that. Yes, I agree.