- From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:50:26 +0100
- To: fabrizio venerandi <fabrizio.venerandi@quintadicopertina.com>
- Cc: Bill Kasdorf <bkasdorf@apexcovantage.com>, W3C Digital Publishing IG <public-digipub-ig@w3.org>
- Message-Id: <510A4B58-B143-4F9C-A046-88B6CD6D45A4@w3.org>
> On 19 Nov 2014, at 16:37 , fabrizio venerandi <fabrizio.venerandi@quintadicopertina.com> wrote: > > I think pages export in ePub2, not EPUB3... > > Hm. I think you are right, I just looked at the file. Sigh... But it is a good start, maybe they will move ahead towards EPUB3... Ivan > > Il giorno 19/nov/2014, alle ore 16:29, Bill Kasdorf <bkasdorf@apexcovantage.com> ha scritto: > >> Precisely! I've been trying to make this point in my presentations for the past three years. People persist in thinking there's a choice _between_ EPUB 3 and HTML5. It's a false dichotomy that is unbelievably common and persistent. >> >> I wasn't aware of this feature of Pages. I will mention it in the presentation I'm working on right now. While I don't know about the quality of the EPUB or the HTML that this export produces, I will still be glad to use this example instead of the EPUB export from InDesign, which is also built-in and easy to do, but especially wrt FXL is horrible imo. >> >> I'm really glad to have this easy and obvious example to point to--thanks much!! >> >> --Bill >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ivan Herman [mailto:ivan@w3.org] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 4:52 AM >> To: W3C Digital Publishing IG >> Subject: An unexpected usage of EPUB:-) >> >> I realized today a strange thing when using Mac' Pages program (that is a Word-like program for Mac, produced by Apple, although infinitely simpler than Word). Pages has various export functionalities. To my surprise, it does not have an HTML export; to my even greater (and pleasant) surprise, it has an EPUB export. Which makes sense if the document contains drawings, for example. >> >> This is pretty much in line with our thoughts on epub.next, and also has a side effect. If one wants simply an HTML from a text only page, then generate the EPUB, unzip it, and there you have the HTML... >> >> :-) >> >> Ivan >> >> ---- >> Ivan Herman, W3C >> Digital Publishing Activity Lead >> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >> mobile: +31-641044153 >> ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704 >> >> >> >> >> >> > ---- Ivan Herman, W3C Digital Publishing Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ mobile: +31-641044153 ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704
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