I had not expected to find an equivalent to iBooks Author, but have installed a couple of epub readers. I don’t really anticipate having a great need for these, as I will be reading ebook predominantly on the smartphone.
Epub Readers
Today I concentrated on finding a Chromebook alternative to Dreamweaver. I had assumed that there might be a version of Amaya or KompoZer, but that was not the case within the Chrome Web Store. The best alternatives that I found were:
ShiftEdit
ShiftEdit looks like it will work for me. There is a Chromebook app which connects to the web service. The only thing that I did not find during my cursory testing was spell check, so I will have to use Google Docs to work around this.
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MacBook Air |
Chromebook |
Notes |
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Office Word |
Google Docs |
No issues so far. Spell check does not seem to be available offline. This might be fixed by installing an extension. |
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Office Excel |
Google Sheets |
No issues so far. |
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Office PowerPoint |
Google Slides |
Some formatting issues with imported files. “Present” not an option unless using native slide format. |
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iWork Keynote |
Google Slides Files |
Considerable formatting issues with imported slides. Downloaded QuickTime mov, m4v, and mp4 files playable in Files. |
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iBooks Author |
No equivalent. |
Was not expecting to find an equivalent. |
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Dreamweaver |
ShiftEdit. |
Works well. Did not see spell check as an option. |
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Photoshop |
pixlr |
Tested with some basic cropping and resizing. Need to test more extensively. |
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Cyberduck |
Have not found solution yet. I might be able just using Secure Shell Terminal emulator and SSH client. |
Have not tested. |
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Safari |
Chrome |
No issues so far. |
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TweetDeck |
No issues so far. |
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Gmail and Webmail |
No issues with Gmail so far. Have to configure webmail. |
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Screenflow |
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Have not tested. |
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iTunes |
Google Play Music |
Working well. MUsic Manager has uploaded the majority of my library. |
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Evernote |
Evernote Web |
No issues so far. |
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Dropbox |
Dropbox |
No issues so far. |