On 11/2/06, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
begin quoting Carl Lowenstein as of Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 07:09:33PM -0800:
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> General question: why should any webpage set font sizes different
> from browser defaults? I realize that there is always someone who
> "knows better". The original intent of the WWW was to transmit
> information, although it has been perverted into an entertainment
> medium. I would rather be informed than entertained.
I'm not so sure that the original intent of the WWW was information;
and I'm *certain* it's ability to do so was not what made it so
popular.
But informed versus entertained is a good goal.
See < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web >
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On August 6, 1991, Berners-Lee posted a short summary of the World
Wide Web project on the alt.hypertext newsgroup. This date also marked
the debut of the Web as a publicly available service on the Internet.
"The WorldWideWeb (WWW) project aims to allow links to be made to
any information anywhere. [...] The WWW project was started to allow
high energy physicists to share data, news, and documentation. We are
very interested in spreading the web to other areas, and having
gateway servers for other data. Collaborators welcome!" —from Tim
Berners-Lee's first message
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Also read at chapter 4 of _Weaving the Web_, Tim Berners-Lee,
HarperBusiness 2000,
ISBN 0-06-251587-X I was going to type in a couple of paragraphs, but
decided that the Wikipedia citation would be enough.
carl
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