- From: Paul Jones <paul@raygun.urbana.mcd.mot.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:37:50 -0500 (CDT)
- To: abigail@uk.fnx.com (Abigail)
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
Abigail wrote: > David Perrell wrote: >> >> Murray Altheim wrote: >> > with the structure of online knowledge and information. It's as if >> our >> > browsers and documents were busy getting breast implants and >> liposuction, >> > rather than concentrating on improving their content, personality, >> utility, >> > wisdom. >> [...]. > > > I wished the Web was being used to deliver information, > but currently, there is more to find on Usenet and ftp > sites than on HTML pages. I seldom `browse' the web > anymore, and I've haven't written a piece of HTML in > months. It just isn't making sense anymore. > > > Abigail - quite disappointed about the web and html. > I completely sympathize with everyone dismayed by the direction HTML has taken. We are dismayed but we should not be surprised. Just remember to "follow the money". The whiz-bang stuff is going to sell a lot more browsers than good information markup. Our society regrettably emphasizes <FORM> over <CONTENT>. This is just one effect of that. PJ -- Paul Jones, Motorola MCG paul@urbana.mcd.mot.com 1101 E. University Ave. Voice: (217) 384-8529 Urbana, IL 61801, USA FAX: (217) 384-8550
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