On 26 October 2012 08:42, Fan Zheng <zheng.easy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, All: > > I am confused about the UX specifications of document representation > requirement on mobile devices, that which is the most first important point > should be, the different device condition adaptability of layout result? or > the fidelity of the document originally recorded? > > For example. An ODT format text document with several pages sized as > "Letter", which is physically defined as 279:216 (ratio as 1.29), and user > want to render it in a Kindle Fire, which supplies a 1024:600 (ratio as > 1.71) screen for presenting.
Is it possible to have choices? Keep the original page aspect ratio and scroll (Never used a kindle so not sure if it can scroll but obviously Android on phones can!) or have a "fit to aspect" where the page is scaled to the kindle in AOO befor export. If one of the pre-defined page templates in AOO was the kindle page size it would be possible to reformat the pages in a document to that size just as you can change from say A4 to US letter. Probably for complex documents with graphics this would break some parts of the layout but for the sort of text only novels etc mostly used on these devices it should work well enough. This assumes you can export to epub/mobi format in any scale but I'm assuming that will be similar to export to pdf. Of course the resulting document layout could be checked by viewing the epub/mobi output. Having an odf viewer for the mobile devices would be an alternative method and probably less constrained than using epub formats but it is also more work to do it. OTOH a versatile odf reader for mobile devices could be very useful in helping establish odf as the open standard for all types of document. > If we do much more care about the adaptability > of representation, lots data recorded inside the file will be changed, > removed or even ignored. But, if we care about the fidelity much more, we > have to record all the document data inside, and rendering it on the > devices dutifully. In the case, all we could do for the UX, is to give some > adjustable scale. Such differences are meaning not only the pagination > stuff, but also some solid data inside: thinking about a full > page-width-size table for instance. > There can be issues with documents that have both portrait and landscape pages in them on normal computer screens. > > Of cause, all the former document editor/viewer applications for desktop, > will obey the "Keep Fidelity" as the very first rule. But what about the > mobile device platforms? > > As such differences will actually lead the solution into the different > direction, we maybe should make it clear before having a deeper discussion. > > Thanks. > > ZhengFan > > > 2012/10/26 Andreas Säger <ville...@t-online.de> > > > Am 25.10.2012 21:14, Rob Weir wrote: > > > > > > If you search for it, you will find various solutions for converting > > > ODF to EPub. But I have not seen something that does the same for > > > Kindle's MOBI format. > > > > > > -Rob > > > > > > > Thank you. I know about the converters. The problem is that all our > > office documents are ODF documents. The Kindle device does not provide > > any access to our documents until they have been converted by some other > > device. > > > > > > > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
