So who cares if you have opened a 'can of worms' so long as it is an interesting debate which does not get personal and gets everyone else a different view point.
Peter van Hout -----Original Message----- From: Peter Elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2003 1:27 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Web Page Authoring Software On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:56:10 +1200 Michael JasonSmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...snip...] > The tools work best if you > know how the system works, and you are not fooled into believing in a > WYSIWYG Web. > exactly. this persistent delusion that site creators can (and should) control how 'their' content is consumed by the 'consumers' of their information is bizarre. the whole point of the "web" is that content has been decoupled(as they say) from presentation. and the bit that people have trouble getting is that this doesn't only apply to the supply/creation side of the relationship. in a sense, most of the work of standards bodies like the W3C and so on (esp the TAG) pivots on this very point. (in a sense). so fwiw i don't think you're being idealistic .... > Thank you for putting up with my idealism :) > -- > Michael JasonSmith http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/ > oh dear i think i may have opened up a can of hot worms. sigh peter
