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On 17 April 2012 18:13, Miles Fidelman <[email protected]> wrote: > Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: >> >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 16:27, Miles Fidelman >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> With all due respect and appreciation for your efforts.... marketing is >>> one >>> thing, utility is another. While there's value to marketing, (IMHO) >>> utility >>> counts more. We're not talking about a magazine ad, we're talking about >>> a >>> web site that people have taken some effort to find and go to - they're >>> (we're) looking for information - if the information isn't there, it >>> doesn't >>> matter how pretty the site is. >> >> I'm sure Noah agrees with you, and the information/utility value will >> get added soon. However, there's also plenty of value to be found in >> having a site that's easy on the eyes. Perhaps the balance swung a >> little too far in the marketing direction this time, but that will get >> corrected. Arguing over it on this mailing list doesn't really help at >> this point -- pointing out stuff that you would like to be able to >> easily access and isn't, currently, (like your MarkMail point, on >> which I probably agree) does. Even better if you add notes like that >> to the aforementioned wiki page. >> > Well, ok, somebody want to add me to the contributors list so I can edit the > wiki? > > > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > >
