I like your comments about ePubs and PDF, with the respect of readers being available for multiple platforms.
Now looking at it from IBM's point-of-view and "Copyright" material, are ePubs a little easier to "Edit" than a PDF? I really do not know that answer, that is why I am asking. I believe that PDFs can be protected from being "Edited" and still allow it to be read without having to enter a password, is there something similar for ePubs? I do not know how much protection can be done in an ePub and again, I "Think" my statement about PDFs is correct, but I have been known to be wrong before! :) Al Nims University of Flordia -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Styles, Andy (SD EP zPlatform) Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 4:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre Which platform doesn't support ePubs? I agree with comments others have made regarding consistent formatting of PDFs (at least, when the authors embed the fonts anyway), and the different aims of PDF vs e-reader formats (whatever they might be, excluding PDF!). I've got readers for Android, Windows and Linux. I don't have an Apple device so can't comment on OSX or iOS, but I'd be extremely surprised if there wasn't one. For my money, ePubs are usually smaller than their PDF counterparts. Like you, I don't really care one way or the other, but what I do want is an usable, fast, and intuitive interface to the manuals on the IBM site - I don't really have a need for manuals offline, because if I've got a connection to a mainframe, I'll have internet access as well. Andy Styles z/Series Systems Programmer -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Hunkeler Sent: 08 July 2016 09:13 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: AW: Re: AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre -- This email has reached the Bank via an external source -- >Just out of curiosity, if ePubs of z/OS books provided all the same >functionalities as PDFs (same technical content, same methods for >obtaining/saving, etc.), plus had added benefits such as visual scaling and >accessibility, would you still be so adamant about keeping PDFs? Basically I don't care what format is used, what I *do care* is that I want one format for which there is a reader on just about any platform. I do not want to keep the same book in different formats for different platforms. As a matter of fact, there are PDF readers available on all platforms (at least I now about Linux, iOS, OSX, Windows, Android). -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Lloyds Banking Group plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC95000. Telephone: 0131 225 4555. Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 2065. Telephone 0207626 1500. Bank of Scotland plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC327000. Telephone: 03457 801 801. Cheltenham & Gloucester plc. Registered Office: Barnett Way, Gloucester GL4 3RL. Registered in England and Wales 2299428. Telephone: 0345 603 1637 Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Cheltenham & Gloucester plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. Cheltenham & Gloucester Savings is a division of Lloyds Bank plc. HBOS plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC218813. This e-mail (including any attachments) is private and confidential and may contain privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete it (including any attachments) immediately. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it or any attachments. Telephone calls may be monitored or recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
