- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 14:23:27 -0400
- To: "Jason O'Brien" <jaobrien@fttnet.com>, snowhare <snowhare@netimages.com>, "'www'" <www-html-request@w3.org>, "'www_list'" <www-html@w3.org>
At 09:12 AM 10/18/96 CDT, Jason O'Brien wrote: >I'm tired of people saying the web >should only be text -- Who ever said that? >a great web page is as much about presentation as >it is content (this is true with almost anything) -- That isn't true. A truly great web page uses as much of each as is useful to get the point across. The X-Files site will use lots of presentation and little content, because "the point" is glitz. The congressional records site will use a lot of content and little presentation, because the presentation would just get in the way of the text...which is the real goal. >and a truly >outstanding web page is the seamless synthesis of the two. Sure. As long as the tools are available. But current web browsers emphasize the presentation, because that is where the money is. Paul Prescod
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