jan 8 2014 niso webinar: device to device: adaptive interfaces for content
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NISO Webinar: Device to Device:
Adaptive Interfaces for Content
January 8, 2014
Speakers:
Toby Plewak - Client Strategist, Publishing Technology
Jean Kaplansky - Digital Content Solutions Architect, Aptara
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/device/
What is Responsive Web Design?
Maintain one website that serves all devices
Based on fluid, grid layouts
Layouts that adapt to fit whatever screen size they render on
What are the advantages of RWD?
Maintain one website that serves all devices and screen sizes
Provide complete support for (almost) all website pages and features, regardless of device or screen size.
Implement changes across all devices
How does Responsive Web Design work?
Made possible by new capabilities in CSS3, which are supported by most desktop browsers and all mobile browsers
Grid layout
Flexible images
Media queries
New concept: Breakpoints
Responsive web design is about designing SYSTEMS, and not PAGES
…but isn’t this just the latest trend?
From Device to Device: Adaptive Interfaces for Content
Jean KaplanskyDigital Content Solution [email protected]
NISO Webinar, January 8, 2014
Agenda
Review – Responsive Web Design
Discuss – Adaptive Design in General
Discuss – Progressive Enhancement Maturity Model
Review – eBook File Formats and Vendors
Walkthrough – Progressive Enhancement for eBooks
Consider – To Fixed Layout, or not?
Progressive Enhancement for eBooks: Going from Point A to Point B
Takeaways
Responsive Web Design
Media Queries Fluid Grid Flexible Images
http://alistapart.com/article/responsive-web-design
http://www.abookapart.com/products/responsive-web-design
Adaptive Design
http://viljamis.com/blog/2012/adaptive-vs-responsive-whats-the-difference.php
Progressive Enhancement Maturity Model
The eBook World – File Formats
The eBook World – Reading Systems
Adobe Digital Editions – desktop
Amazon Kindle – eInk, tablets, iOS, Android, desktop, cloud
reader
Apple iBooks (universal, iPhone, iPod, iPad, OS X Mavericks)
CourseSmart – Android, iOS, desktop web browsers
Google Play Books – Android, iOS, desktop web browsers
Inkling – iPhone, iPad, Chrome web browser
Kobo – eInk, Tablets, Android and iOS apps, cloud reader
Nook Media – eInk, Tablets, Android and iOS apps, Windows 8
app
Readium – Chrome Browser
Sony Reader – Android, iOS, Windows, Mac
Vital Source Bookshelf – iOS, Android, desktop browsers
The eBook World – Reading Systems, continued
Goal: Progressive Enhancement for eBooks
One reflowable EPUB for all vendors is possible.
Starting from the simplest form and working up from there.
Responsive?
– Fluid Grid– Flexible Images– Media Queries
But first… A few words about fixed layout eBooks
To produce fixed layout or reflowable texts? This is THE question.
To Fixed Layout?
Fixed layout is always appropriate for:
Children’s picture books
Manga, Comics, and graphic novels
Illustrated titles requiring print replication to preserve EXTREME design– Illustrated Textbooks– “Coffee table” art books– Gift books– Cookery
Children’s Picture Books
Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels
Illustrated Textbook
“Coffee table” art book
Gift Book
Cookery
…or NOT to Fixed Layout?
Reasons to consider reflowable text:
Fixed layout may limit distribution options.
Fixed layout may interfere with device and reading system (app) user features– Font and font size– Space between lines– Margins– 1-up or 2-up (may be based on orientation)– Live text searching– Annotations– Accessibility
Reasons to consider reflowable text, continued.
Pinch and zoom is a painful user experience for text heavy publications.
More cost effective than fixed layout.
Easier to produce, thus accommodates tight production schedules.
Reflowable Text Doesn’t Have to be Ugly!
But… What about my tables? And my high res images?
Welcome to the world of Responsive Web Design!
Tables may require review to establish whether the content really is best presented as a table.
Images – both high and low resolution contribute to the overall “payload” of an eBook.
Have you done everything you can to facilitate accessibility?
Responsive Tables in eBooks
Responsive Tables in eBooks
Going From Point A to Point E
A. Plan content structural semantics (HTML5)– HTML5 provides built-in accessibility.– HTML5 easily adjusts and adapts as the basis of most eBook
file formats.
B. List all target devices and reading system apps– Collect vendor specifications, guidelines, and examples.– Lay hands on each device required. Emulators aren’t good
enough.
C. Plan approach to CSS– Follow CSS best practices wherever possible– Consider using a preprocessor (e.g., Sass -
http://sass-lang.com/)
Going From Point A to Point E, continued.
D. Build EPUB files– Remember to use EPUB metadata wherever possible– Apply semantic inflection through the EPUB Structural
Semantics epub:type values.
E. Test, adjust, test again, wash rinse repeat.
Plan content structural semantics (HTML5)
Content Architecture
What objects are in your content?
How will you map and convert existing content to your new HTML5 architecture?
Content Architecture Example: Sidebar
<aside epub:type="sidebar" class="sidebar" id="ch03sb002"><header>
<h1 id="ch03sb002.title" class="title" epub:type="title"><span class="label">A Teacher’s Voice: </span>Creating Classroom Community</h1>
</header><p>Creating a classroom community is an important part of what I do. Each year the mix of children-their strengths, needs, andpersonalities, is different. I want children to learn to valuetheir classmates for who they are. I want them to be respectfuland kind and realize that every person has something to offer.As the group forms over the course of the year, and we work throughaccepting the “hard to like” ones and appreciating ourselves andeach other for our strengths and challenges, I find great joy in the moments when children reach out to each other, share, encourageand collaborate, or defend a classmate.</p>
</aside>
http://www.idpf.org/epub/profiles/edu/EDUPUBContentModel/ContentModel.html#sidebar
Content Architecture Example: Figure
<figure class="figure"> <img src="images/ch02fig03test.png" alt="Two neurons figure"/> <figcaption> <header> <h1 class="title" epub:type="title"> <span class="label">Figure</span> <span class="number">2.3 </span>Two neurons,
an astrocyte, and their interconnections</h1> </header> <div class="caption">
<p>This is the caption text</p> </div> <div class="source">
<p><span class="label">Source: </span>This is the source text
</p> </div>
</figcaption></figure>
http://www.idpf.org/epub/profiles/edu/EDUPUBContentModel/ContentModel.html#figure
List all target devices and reading system apps
Mobile First!
Don’t forget cross platform apps
Plan Approach to CSS
Document Defaults
Device and App
Specific Selectors
and Overrides
Build EPUB Files
Potential Development Tools– oXygen XML
• http://oxygenxml.com
– Bluegriffon EPUB Edition• http://www.bluegriffon-epubedition.com/
BGEE.html
– Text Editors– HTML IDE’s– CSS Editors
Test, Adjust, Test Again, Wash Rinse Repeat…
Load file
Review file
Screenshots
Compare
Adjust
×22
Discovery 1: Rounded Corners Not Supported Across the Board…
Discovery 1: Rounded Corners Not Supported Across the Board…
Discovery 2: List Types – Your Mileage WILL Vary
Discovery 2: List Types – Your Mileage WILL Vary
Discovery 3: Images… Are more flexible than expected
Discovery 4: MathML… The fallbacks continue
Takeaways…
Approaching eBook production with a mind toward Progressive Enhancement is possible – but your mileage will vary.
Carefully consider the pros and cons before deciding to produce fixed layout publications over reflowable titles.
Get your hands on the target devices. Emulators are not as reliable as the devices themselves.
There’s a very good reason to use the new semantic markup in HTML5
The Open Web Platform enables the eBook Progressive Enhancement Maturity Model.
Good things come to those who PLAN.
Looking for a Semantic Content Model for your eBooks?
Consider EDUPUB, an IDPF Member submission of a content profile suitable for educational content
http://www.idpf.org/epub/profiles/edu/EDUPUBContentModel/ContentModel.html
http://www.idpf.org/epub/profiles/edu/EDUPUBBaselineSpec/EDUPUBBaselineSpec.html
Jean KaplanskyDigital Content
Solutions Architect
@JeanKaplansky
www.aptaracorp.com
NISO Webinar • January 8, 2014
Questions?All questions will be posted with presenter answers on the NISO website following the webinar:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/device/
NISO Webinar: Device to Device: Adaptive Interfaces for Content
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