[2009-09-05 08:29] hessi...@hessiess.com <hessi...@hessiess.com> > > [...] HTML NEVER prints the same from two > different viewers. Generally the point of systems like TeX is you can > garentee that a document will always look the same, regardless of if it > was typeset now or 10 years in the future.
I know, this is a goal of typesetting. But is it neccessary to be so? Wouldn't it be better if the document looks different in different environments? E.g. multi-column layout in print, but single-column on screen. Or serifs on paper, but no serifs on screen. [0] also focuses on this point. [0] http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/why-not-pdf.html Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of documents that never change it's style. So I can create them exactly as I want them to be ... but is this primary an artistic approach, where instead content should receive the focus? The main question: Can I provide more addon-value for content delivery with a fixed presentation layout, than a reader gets from the ability to adjust the presentation layout to his personal needs? I'm undecided. meillo
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