begin quoting James G. Sack (jim) as of Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 03:26:12PM -0800: [snip] > Webpages are not word processing documents. They [should] have different > presentation objectives.
Word processing documents too often veer into the page layout domain, where they should not go. > One of my pet peeves is (on websites where the information is ..well, > informational -- rather than artistic, experiential, or ..?) where the > website author ignores the informational purposes and designs as if for > print or display advertising or billboards, or something other than web > browsers! Many of these designers seem to be holdovers from the /if you > can do it you have to/ crowd, or just do not share the same objective as > the owner of the website or information content. A good test: "Does it work with lynx"? > Ramble/grumble/mumble... > > I like the proposition that _I_ should control how _my_ browser presents > the information. I want larger fonts, narrower pages, absence of > animation (I try to kill anything that moves [without my permission]). > > Horizontal scrolling is awful. Snaked columns (a la pdf) on webpages is > worse! Non resizable pages or pages unfriendly to font sizing make me angry! MY COMPUTER! MINE! NOT YOURS! Heh. I'm wondering if I unfairly badmouthed frames... they're simple to set up (modulo PEBKAC issues), and you can say "view this frame all by itself" and lo.... you're looking at just that frame. Or... I want that bit larger. <click><drag> And lo! It is so. -- Frames may be a lesser evil. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
