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Why I hate the Epub format
May. 25th, 2010 06:23 pmOkay, for those that don't know I really HATE the epub format. Or at least hate how Adobe Digital Editions handles it and in effect the Sony PRS line of ebook devices.
1) I can't just center my images with < P Align="Center" > instead I have to use < div style="text-align:center" >
2) It will not display .gif files
3) On the Sony PRS-300/500/505/600 there are page numbers on the side margins! and no text justification and if they do introduce it they probably won't add hyphens, which will result in huge gaps between words. I can live without text justification but they really need to get rid of the page numbers.
4) Break tags do not work properly to add line spacing. < br > will create a break but even using three < br > in a row epub will not recognize it. Instead you have to use <P> </P> if you need a line. Mobi and LRF will create a blank line anywhere a < br > tag is at but not Epub. Though it will create a break but you have to use DIV after the BODY tag. :(
As a format epub is not forgiving and it's HTML requirements are too specific considering it won't recognize common html elements.
1) I can't just center my images with < P Align="Center" > instead I have to use < div style="text-align:center" >
2) It will not display .gif files
3) On the Sony PRS-300/500/505/600 there are page numbers on the side margins! and no text justification and if they do introduce it they probably won't add hyphens, which will result in huge gaps between words. I can live without text justification but they really need to get rid of the page numbers.
4) Break tags do not work properly to add line spacing. < br > will create a break but even using three < br > in a row epub will not recognize it. Instead you have to use <P> </P> if you need a line. Mobi and LRF will create a blank line anywhere a < br > tag is at but not Epub. Though it will create a break but you have to use DIV after the BODY tag. :(
As a format epub is not forgiving and it's HTML requirements are too specific considering it won't recognize common html elements.