Re: SPAG website mini-war.


26 Sep 1995 21:37:37 GMT

In article <ckO2U8_00WB7QCfx9A@andrew.cmu.edu>,
Andrew C. Plotkin <erkyrath+@CMU.EDU> wrote:
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>But most Web clients run in a window, and therefore will be less than
>a full screen wide. Possibly much less.
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>I hate a lot of stupid Web tricks, but among the recipients of my
>hatred are title images that are wider than my window. And title
>images which take more than one second to load, when really I want to
>read the *text* on the page.
>
>Just make a nice icon and get on with the writing.

Ok, since everything I do seems to draw criticism lately. Let me clarify.

This is my 'all the way across the screen'.

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I find this whole discussion kind of silly, and bad-tasting. I mean, all I
did was basically ask for a few graphics to spice up the SPAG website.
That doesn't mean I'm going to make the thing into one of those image map
sites that Lynx users can't even really view or something. C'mon,
remember the format of SPAG. There's nothing there to make into graphics
except the title font, and maybe some scanned photos of people. And as
near as I can tell, most, if not all browsers have the option to turn off
graphics while surfing the Net. The primary attraction of the SPAG site
is going to be good indexing, cross-referencing, and ftp links to DL
reviewed games with. So I mean, no offense, but try not explode into a
mini-jihad when someone who has just learned HTML within the week is
trying to set up their first web site. Because, trust me. Anyone who's
even touched a book on HTML has already learned about all the various
moans and bitches associated with creating a web site.

Really, I'm sorry I even brought it up.

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