Hi Karsten, Am Montag, 17. Juni 2002 01:36 schrieb Karsten M. Self:
> > According the meaning of css-capabilities I define it as > > arranging page-elements pixel-by-pixel. > > That doesn't convey much, but if you mean what I think you mean, > you're wrong. In a drawing it's really helpful for a digital reproduction to know where to find the edges between the colors. Ok, HTML really didn't start as a presentation language like ps or pdf or all the other adobe stuff, but if you want to communicate, _not_ by words only, it's simply helpfull to have a language that knows how to describe your figurative vision. The net might be not the media for it, not yet. LINUX, open-source and all that neat stuff are fortunateley not depending on all that media hype, but there is a space in the net for using this kind of communication. I think there is no point to ignore it completely. > > > My experience is that websites render consistently and > > > readably. > > > > Do you mean: In the manner of 'I can literally read the > > phrases'? > > I mean I don't have a fucking carnival of fonts, sizes, etc., > flying past me. I pick the fonts and sizes I prefer to view text > at. That's what I get. Ok, really, you're right. It's really ( more than the 'crude flash monkeyes' want to know ) necessary to think about the limitation of users, especially of users like you and me. Probably svg will make it... > > > I've only seen one site that fails to render readably. For > > > the most part, standardizing results is far preferable to > > > seeing the crud webmonkeys are churning out these days. > > > > css comming up to be a standard. I agree that there is really > > cruel design out there on the net: Unuseful and overwhelming > > with it's flicking and flashing effects. > > The !important tag puts ultimate control in the user's hands. Yes it's neat to manage yourself all the stuff. It's also important what the sender really meant. > > > Let's repeat together: "HTML is not a presentation language. > > > Flash is crap to five nines." > > > > Crap to 'five nines' relative to what? > > That 1 in 10,000 flash animations might actually be worth looking > at, and present information not possible to present in text or > conventional graphics. Frankly I suspect that count is high. > The potential for abuse far outweighs any potential benefit. It > also gives me a fast way to sort out sites not worth visiting. It's your choice, and I understand your point, but it's also a bit ignorant to that site of the net, like _they_ are ignorant to our community. > Peace. regards gerhard I hope you may understand my statement -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
