Getting a little off course here

by "Nick Selby" <nick(at)nickselby.com>

 Date:  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 17:02:52 +0100
 To:  hwg-critique(at)hwg.org
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Speaking of "off course" this string is getting dangerously close to that - 
this
list is for critiques of website design and implementation, people, so please
let's not let it digress into a discussion of the English language and ITS
implementation!

Thanks!
nick

On 31 Oct 99, at 10:23, John Woram wrote:

From:           	"John Woram" <jworam(at)msn.com>
To:             	"Noteworthy Web Designs" <webmaster(at)noteworthydesigns.com>,
        	<hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
Subject:        	RE: A little disappointed:(
Date sent:      	Sun, 31 Oct 1999 10:23:58 -0500

 > Karen Stafford wrote "it drives me nuts too because I'm also a teacher."
 >
 > I fear some people think a spell-checker is the last word, butt off coarse
 > it dozen ketch sum problems (see what I mean?). Proof-reading is extremely
 > difficult, because we often "auto-correct" in our heads and don't even
 > spot the goofs. I had an editor once who would read copy from the bottom
 > up. Since the text didn't make much sense that way, he found it easier to
 > spot errors. That's probably going a bit too far, but still, designers
 > should at at least run the page past of a few offline readers before going
 > public.
 >
 >
 >
 >


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Aviation, Travel and Technology writer
www.nickselby.com

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