Re: Some options for vertically-scrollable manga (was re: Dropbox has epub viewer)

Hello Makoto,

There are IMO some pros and cons for each approach.

*A single HTML version, rendition:layout=reflowable,
rendition:flow=scrolled-doc*

Pros

   - Could work just fine in most EPUB reading systems as long as they
   support scrolled-doc and if there's proper CSS for each image (max-width
   would make a big difference)
   - Feels like the right approach on the Web as well

Cons

   - Can be very heavy to load all images in memory
   - Since it's reflowable, it's not clear how the viewport will be set
   (for example, will the images fit in width?)



*Multiple HTML files,
rendition:layout=pre-paginated, rendition:flow=scrolled-continuous*
Pros

   - Semantically, this might be the best approach for EPUB

Cons

   - There could be gaps between images
   - Implementing scrolled-continuous can be complex for EPUB reading
   systems
   - Viewport might zoom out to see the entire image, which is not
   necessarily what we want with such manga

*Multiple HTML files, rendition:layout=reflowable, scrolled-continuous*

Pros

   - (I don't see anything better about that approach)

Cons

   - There could be gaps between images
   - Viewport could be pretty much anything since it's reflowable


IMO this illustrates fairly well that we're missing a few things in EPUB to
properly support these types of publications.

For EPUB 4 we should consider the following:

   - allow images in the reading order
   - provide the ability to set the viewport in a more flexible manner than
   just zooming out on an image (pre-paginated)

Best,
Hadrien

Received on Wednesday, 20 June 2018 07:56:39 UTC