What’s the fuzz?
- It’s about reading/paging PDF documents in a webbrowser on the iPad.
- For other platforms, this is usually done via Flash. But flash doesn’t work in iPads browser.
- So the publishers are coming up with new solutions, based on HTML5.
- To put it the simple way: Convert the PDF to HTML. Maybe with a little help from SVG?
History (as far, as I’m aware. Might be wrong)
- In 2010 (?) Issuu created a native app for the iPad
- Apple did not allow it in the Appstore
- Why? Maybe it interfered with Apples iBook app.
- 12/2011 Issuu created a webApp: Issuu iPad BETA
- Apple has no control over this.
- WebApps are “normal” Websites, optimized for the iPad/iPhone.
