Re: Splash Pages [was Front Pages]

Mic Miller <mic(at)bton.com> writes:
>with a Gerber label (but without the condescendenc)].  Let's
keep
>something in mind, this is the new digital media.  There are
no rules,
>just us folks who interact.  I, for one, will not expect to
see a
>"Chicago Manual of Style" for the Net.  God forbide such
Draconian
>thoughts!


Draconian??? I welcome the idea of a "Chicago..." for the Web!

Chicago, or *any* style manual, does not stifle creativity. If
it did, there would not be such a marvellous diversity of
books on our shelves.

What a style manual does is ensure that your creative output
is clear, consistent, and *accessible* to your audience. It is
there to help the reader, not hinder the writer.

I have written style guides for both paper and on-line
publishing. The same rules cannot apply 100% to both media:
your style guide must be tailored to what you are doing. But
there are certain basic concepts that are universal to the
written word in any medium, any style of writing, and any
language.

95% of the web is illiterate. There is just no excuse for
this. The problem with "anyone can be a publisher" is that
there are too few copy editors to go round.

Hey, I haven't ever see the theory so busy! Cool :-)

What can I rant about next?

Please somebody explain what a "Gerber label" is...


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