michael said:
>   Please stop quoting from what I said about illustrations
>   when bandwidth was a serious issue. . .not that everyone
>   has broadband these days. . .or wants pictures; however,
>   the point was made long ago when making an eBook larger,
>   often many times larger, would stop people from reading.

i too have changed my position on this only recently, when the
penetration of broadband in homes in the u.s. passed over 50%.

but like you, i am still cognizant that not everyone has broadband,
and that those who don't are on the poor side of the digital divide
and thus must be given priority in our thinking.  since this has been
a cornerstone of my thinking all along, i'm sure it will continue to be.
i know -- personally -- many people with hand-me-down machinery,
far too many for me to have this vital issue slip from my radar-screen...

-bowerbird

p.s.  i myself just moved to an ibook g4 with o.s.x. a little over a year ago...