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Um, that's kind of the point? A <div> works in ADE 2.0.1. And so will <figure> if defined to display as a block element.
Nothing blows up, nothing borks, the epub3 with <figure> will load and just work. Like <div>, EXACTLY. Otherwise, the only "magic" the <figure> tag has is better semantics for those using screen readers. It may, at some point, help with adhering captions to images/figures, but reading systems aren't quite there yet. And ADE 2.0.1 is so far back in the dust, it never will be there. |
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Take a look at the sample epub3 I just uploaded. The images are centered. In both ADE 2.0.1 and on my Kobo Sage and for that matter, on my decade old Sony T2.
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I get that Jon doesn't see the point of epub3, I was there back in the day, when it was new and scary, because heck, I didn't see any need for videos in my books either, and still don't! And it was a whole new set of stuff to learn. But as my own eyesight is less than it was, I am more interested in making an epub that should the day come, if I had to use a screen reader, might be more friendly. Once, if you lost your sight, you might lose the ability to read, unless you could both learn Braille and get the title you want as Braille. Up with TECHNOLOGY for the win! If I couldn't read, part of my soul would die. |
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So this is actually an interesting point. What versions of the RMSDK are being used by what ereader devices?
And a related question is what's stopping the ereader manufacturers from updating? As software developers they should be used to keeping third party libraries etc updated, so it surely isn't technical. Money? |
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Let's just say IT HAD BEEN A WHILE since I had last worked with epub2. I attempted to add the cover page manually, using CSS3 code that works fine with epub3. IT DID NOT FLY! My bad. I then contacted the publisher, nicely, to suggest that when offering a DRM-free epub, featuring the original artwork from the vintage book as the cover on their website, they needed to code it so that the reader could actually enjoy the artwork on their reader. The publisher agreed. She wanted people to buy direct! The next batch of books I bought, no missing cover issues. If Jon is trying to make <figure> work in an epub2, which I suspect he is, I don't think he's going to have much luck. If he's expecting a <figure> tag in epub3 to magically do something visible and exciting other than behave more or less like a <div>, he's gonna be disappointed as well. It's not gonna magically animate the illustration or photo like in a Harry Potter newspaper or textbook, LOL! Mind you, what with AI and all, who knows, maybe such an animation could happen in some future reading system. Doubt I'll be alive to see it, which, I suspect will be something to be thankful for, actually. |
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What I like in EPUB3 is the CSS pseudo-element support, which allows to shorten the code or some functions that EPUB2.* does not support, for example letrine
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/...seudo-elements p::first-letter { font-size: 1.5rem; } etc As for the development of PDF, as it fell right at the beginning, the source of the offense was secured as an internal launch of malicious scripts. |
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