- From: F. E. Potts <fepotts@fepco.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 18:24:24 -0600
- To: wbrooks@trumpet.aix.calpoly.edu
- Cc: www-html@w3.org, www-style@w3.org
On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, David Perrell wrote: > > Wouldn't it be nice if you could specify a background as an > > animated GIF - and have it work? On Fri, 30 Aug 1996 13:59:09 -0600, Bill Brooks answered: > Wouldn't it be nice if people would concentrate on content, rather > than on thinking up new "features" for whiz-bang presentation? > > Wouldn't it be nice if people would use the WWW as a medium for > information exchange, rather than as a high-tech replacement for > television? I generally hate "Me-too" responses, but in this instance I feel it is warranted. Rightly or wrongly, I see the web as a medium for electronic publishing, the first major step forward since Johannes Gutenberg's Bible in 1440. Anything that distracts from my visitors' ability to concentrate on, enjoy, and absorb the content on my site is (IMO) a bad thing. Animations very much fall into this class, as do Java applets, marquee, and server push. Too many folks seem to be trying to turn the web into another form of TV (complete with animated advertisements), not seeming to realize that it is an entirely different -- and to me, far superior -- form of communication. Now background animations and BGSOUND are being given serious consideration, and it won't be long before all we have is a 2nd-rate clone of the worst elements of TV spreading like the blight it is over the planet. Is this what we are all working so hard for, to help the advertisers hype their consumer garbage in "cyberspace" just as they do everywhere else? :-( -fep -- fepotts@fepco.com http://www.fepco.com/
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