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Re: Typefaces: Verdana vs. Times
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lugnet.publish
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Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:32:51 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.publish, rueger@io.com (Tim Rueger) writes:
> > [...]
> > I just don't see HTML going away as the lingua franca for web content.
> > Web usage is exploding with present interfaces (i.e., HTML 3.2 browsers
> > and 28.8 modems), so they will remain the standard to which websites
> > should be designed if they are to reach the widest possible audience.
> > [...]
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> Say, what do you think about HTML/XML extensions for doing line-art? (I
> mean official extensions, of course -- if they can be standardized upon.
> There are so many people competing for this right now, it frightens me.)
A great idea. I know of one proposed standard, from
Adobe, Netscape, and IBM - PGML (precision graphics
markup language). The W3 proposal is at:
http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-PGML-19980410.html
Going back to the "old technology browsers" thing, I'm glad
we've agreed to disagree. :^) However, here's an
interesting assertion that current browsers will live until
about 2003, so content should be designed with them in mind:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990418.html
It charts Netscape version usage versus time, and notes
how as more and more people get on the web, the upgrade
rate slows. (This assumes a mass market web audience,
not a specialized niche one.)
I really like Jakob Nielsen's work. He's pretty much
*the* usability guru on the 'net, AFAIK.
-Tim
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 | | Re: Typefaces: Verdana vs. Times
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| (...) We probably agree more on the basic principles than it seems. :) I agree with all the ideals -- I just don't see the ideals being fully idealized forever, what with all the sorts of bozo stuff going on like Active-X (glorified MS-OLE, which is (...) (27 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.publish)
| | | Re: Typefaces: Verdana vs. Times
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| (...) OOOO! Tufte *rocks*. I've got two of his books (Visual Display of Quanititative Information and Visual Explanations), and they are just a total joy to read and look at. Check out Tomalak's Realm, too: (URL) got pointed to it (and JN) by Dave (...) (27 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Typefaces: Verdana vs. Times
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| (...) Say, what do you think about HTML/XML extensions for doing line-art? (I mean official extensions, of course -- if they can be standardized upon. There are so many people competing for this right now, it frightens me.) Anyway, it's not that (...) (27 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish)
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