B-Ber: a framework for publications as websites, EPUBs, etc.

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Post by onemind » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 6:40 PM UTC

B-Ber: a framework for publications as websites, EPUBs, etc.
canopycanopycanopy.com

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Post by jrimbault » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 8:20 PM UTC

At the risk of appearing dense : what the fuck ? I click on the click I get a bright pink page with barely 20 words telling me nothing ? Not one link in sight or a paragraph of text ? Just an ocean of bright pink ?

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Post by pridkett » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 8:26 PM UTC

jrimbault wrote: post #2

At the risk of appearing dense : what the fuck ? I click on the click I get a bright pink page with barely 20 words telling me nothing ? Not one link in sight or a paragraph of text ? Just an ocean of bright pink ?

I missed a tiny arrow on the bottom. This led me to wonder why they felt the need to break scrolling. Maybe it’s less obvious on other platforms.

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Post by tuukkah » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 8:33 PM UTC

TLDR: "a method and an application for producing publications in a variety of formats—EPUB 3, Mobi/KF8, static website, PDF, and XML file, which can be imported into InDesign for print layouts—from a single source that consists of [Markdown] files and other assets." https://github.com/triplecanopy/b-ber

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Post by burtonator » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 8:43 PM UTC

Constructive criticism but the UI on this site is really really confusing. Took me two minutes to figure out that I have to use keyboard nav and that there is one tiny button on the bottom right to go to the next page.

You don't want to invent completely new UI paradigms when the old ones work well and users are accustomed to them.

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Post by Iwan-Zotow » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 9:00 PM UTC

Markup language shall be called J-stin

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Post by jrimbault » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 9:14 PM UTC

pridkett wrote: post #3

jrimbault wrote: post #2

At the risk of appearing dense : what the fuck ? I click on the click I get a bright pink page with barely 20 words telling me nothing ? Not one link in sight or a paragraph of text ? Just an ocean of bright pink ?

I missed a tiny arrow on the bottom. This led me to wonder why they felt the need to break scrolling. Maybe it’s less obvious on other platforms.

Ok. I see it. On a 27 inch screen it is very easy to miss. It is positively tiny and very far off any point of interest.

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Post by hollander » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 9:20 PM UTC

jrimbault wrote: post #2

At the risk of appearing dense : what the fuck ? I click on the click I get a bright pink page with barely 20 words telling me nothing ? Not one link in sight or a paragraph of text ? Just an ocean of bright pink ?

Yeah you need to make the mental step that you're viewing a book with pages. It took me some time as well. I have a small screen though.

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Post by ggm » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 9:45 PM UTC

Pandoc?

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Post by iudqnolq » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 10:18 PM UTC

jrimbault wrote: post #7

pridkett wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I missed a tiny arrow on the bottom. This led me to wonder why they felt the need to break scrolling. Maybe it’s less obvious on other platforms.

Ok. I see it. On a 27 inch screen it is very easy to miss. It is positively tiny and very far off any point of interest.

On mobile it also has a tiny touch area and they don't support swipe.