[LINK] iPad experimentation begins: e-media
Marghanita da Cruz
marghanita at ramin.com.au
Fri Mar 5 10:09:41 AEDT 2010
Tom Worthington wrote:
<snip>
> I expect that someone, perhaps Apple, will propose a multimedia e-book
> format, using HTML 5 in place of XHTML, with all the media flies zipped:
> <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/xhtml5>.
>
It is worth noting that published media files, unlike text
files, are already compressed - zipping won't reduce their
size. However, packaging webpages (ie text/images) for
offline use would be useful - perhaps like a print function
of the browser. This could possibly encourage more people to
use HTML in preference to Word/PDF.
Though the real problem is that the media formats are not
going to be compatible with all browsers/readers - Firefox
is building in Ogg/Theora/Vorbis while the closed source
camp is supporting the licensed MPEG formats.
> This would allow for a more interactive and engaging, less book-like
> interface.
>
My notes about early versions of the HTML 5 spec are here:
<http://ramin.com.au/linux/review-of-html5.shtml>
Marghanita
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