Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 23:54:55 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Robert Clark" <res03db2@gte.net> Cc: "David Scheidt" <rufus@brain.mics.net>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <005b01c16761$7d9219a0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20011106115406.B53379@darkstar.gte.net>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Robert Clark >Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 11:54 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: David Scheidt; Mike Meyer; advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG; chat@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks > >> >> Keep in mind that I'm not arguing against a court judgement that forces the >> issue of ADA on commercial websites. If one came down everyone, including >> sighted persons, would benefit because there's far too much crappy HTML on >> commercial sites as it is. > >For this purpose, was gopher better mosaic? > Like Star Trek, people today want to believe all problems have simple solutions. A simple solution is a short solution. The Web encourages all information to be condensed down to a 1024x768 resolution of about a page to make it fit. Gopher did the opposite as it was more of a cataloging system of documents, which could easily be quite long. So, the web definitely fits most people's temperment much better than gopher does because people only want to learn enough to know something exists, but not really understand it. PS This is sarcasm. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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