Reply To: Please help! interactive pdf problem!

You make excellent points, Justin! I still think Interactive PDF has its place. It’s just not nearly as interactive as any of us want.

10+ years ago, we all assumed that there would be a single format that can do it all—full interactivity (all the stuff you mention), and be a document, and be easily distributed or sold. It’s almost inconceivable that we’re now in the 3rd decade of the 21st century and nothing like that exists. FXL (fixed layout epub) comes close in some ways (it’s based on html, after all), but fails in others. But PDF is the biggest disappointment, for sure.

As you know, back in 2017, there was some hubbub about “Camelot 2”, which I wrote about in this article. But it still hasn’t seen the light of day, and may never. Sigh.