- From: lilley <lilley@afs.mcc.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 16:39:03 +0100 (BST)
- To: habib@world.std.com (Steve H Rose)
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
> I would like to make a point at my own expense. I teach HTML, and > [snip] Assuming that the users of HTML have > the expertise to pay attention to the parameters for MIME types is a > stretch -- considering that most users of HTML have probably never heard > of MIME, and many have probably never heard of "parameters." Cue Dilbert cartoon of salesdroid being asked *any* question - "Woah, intricate technical stuff is way over my head" I taught an "Introduction to the Web" four hour course a couple of weeks ago to an audience of slightly net-literate managers (about half had used email, few had used a web browser). I covered MIME in two slides and a couple of minutes, gave them some practical online exercises, and they were all fine. Labelling stuff is after all an extremely simple concept to explain. -- Chris Lilley, Technical Author +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Manchester and North HPC Training & Education Centre | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Computer Graphics Unit, Email: Chris.Lilley@mcc.ac.uk | | Manchester Computing Centre, Voice: +44 161 275 6045 | | Oxford Road, Manchester, UK. Fax: +44 161 275 6040 | | M13 9PL BioMOO: ChrisL | | URI: http://info.mcc.ac.uk/CGU/staff/lilley/lilley.html | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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