At 10:29 PM 10/11/98 -0500, Peter J. Schoenster so eloquently stated:
>> Rainmaker wrote:
>> > Pray tell what the purpose of the graphics is on that page?
>
>On 11 Oct 98, at 19:39, Rolf Kraiker wrote:
>
>> If ya gotta ask the question, I don't think you're going to buy into the
>> answer.
>>
>> I think this is very a bright and innovative use of imagery and the way
>> that they work with the textual content is great. I'd dearly love to see a
>> lot more of this on the web and don't think its because of a personal bias
>> towards good photography. I'd bet that there are a lot of users who would
>
>I just bought a scanner (Umax Astra 610S) and I paid less than US$100
>(including a $15.00 scsi cable I had to buy separately).
>
>I bought it primarily to do pictures of my kids. I have traveled the
>world many times but I never owned a camera and never took pictures.
>
>But I love to see pictures of places. It kills to me to go to
>tourist websites and see so few pictures. I want to see the hotel
>rooms (under the bed and behind the door).
>
I agree wholeheartedly. Pictures of the hotel and rooms have a
purpose at that site -- they add value. How about going to a
site that describes Perl and seeing a picture of that hotel room?
It's meaningless and detracts from the purpose of the site,
especially because it loads slowly.
>I followed a link from Greenspun's site to his nephew and boy was
>that just the sort of site I would imagine would be great if your
>kids lived in the U.S. It was picture city. Activities and
>pictures.
>
If it were a travel site.
>More pictures please.
>
Only if they serve a purpose.
Ah, the never-ending argument about which is more important on a
site ;-}. Content vs pictures (graphics) may replace the old
statement "which came first, the chicken or the egg?".
G
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