RE: Seen this lately?

by Kym Jones <kjones(at)adam.com.au>

Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:15:21 +1030
To:	Dennis Lapcewich <dlapcewich(at)intira.com>, hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
Cc:	"'James Roberts'" <jamiergroberts(at)hotmail.com>, Ted Temer <temer(at)c-zone.net>
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Well said Dennis...I couldn't have put it better myself :) 

Kym


At 07:08 PM 22/01/2001 -0600, Dennis Lapcewich wrote:
>Keep in mind we are talking about a web page and not a printed document.
>This is a continuing problem, especially out of the academic ivory towers,
>and from non-web managers, who think just adding a few tags and bingo(!), a
>web page is born (if you build it, they will come).  That the page in
>question is coming from the supposed *standards* folks and it is quite
>understandable why the web has problems.  :)
>
>There is already considerable research out there illustrating attention
>spans, eye strain, ability to retain information, etc., are vastly different
>between the "traditional" printed page and a web page (see
>http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990124.html among others).  If this were a
>commercial endeavor, they would have gone out of business long ago.  :)  As
>an academic adventure, even Rapunzel won't lower her golden hair for help.
>And for web writers/designers, most don't have the time to delve into it
>when all they want is to follow the KISS principle.
>
>It is very hard to impress upon the masses quality design and readability,
>with respect to layout, effectiveness and efficiency, when the seminal
>document ends up breaking the very "rules" it so loudly proclaims.  :)
>
>
>Dennis

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