Re: Cover-image redux

Agreed.  But at present there is no way (in the spec) to achieve both a
bitmap cover for the static library and also a HTML/SVG/Whatever for the
titlepage itself.  OTOH, this may not be a huge problem.  Do we really need
to be able to animate the title page?  Much more importantly, do we want to
make the spec more complex and potentially dissuade authors and RS from
using these ³advanced² features (as happens today in some cases)?

IMO, we have to skate a careful line between enabling interesting use-cases
and discouraging use of EPUB because it is (or appears to be) overly
complex.

Ric


From:  Hadrien Gardeur <hadrien.gardeur@feedbooks.com>
Date:  Friday, July 27, 2018 at 4:27 AM
To:  Ric Wright <rkwright@geofx.com>
Cc:  W3C Publishing Working Group <public-publ-wg@w3.org>
Subject:  Re: Cover-image redux
Resent-From:  <public-publ-wg@w3.org>
Resent-Date:  Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:28:41 +0000

Hello Ric,

IMO the best way to deal with this type of use case is to also embed a
bitmap as well.

This way the author can control what shows up in the bookshelf (bitmap) as
well as what shows up in the publication itself (SVG, canvas, OpenGL).

Best,
Hadrien