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Re: Typefaces: Verdana vs. Times
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lugnet.publish
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Tue, 4 May 1999 23:53:01 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, rueger@io.com (Tim Rueger) writes:
> [...]
> Going back to the "old technology browsers" thing, I'm glad
> we've agreed to disagree. :^)
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 glorified MS-DDE) and Super Shock Spark Tart
Flash-o-Rama Doodoo and all those other browser add-ons. But people seem to
like them enough to keep perpetuating them. :-p
> However, here's an
> interesting assertion that current browsers will live until
> about 2003, so content should be designed with them in mind:
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> http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990418.html
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> 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.
Me too -- I like JN's stuff a lot too. (And D. Norman & E. Tufte!) I just
started reading some of Tog's stuff too.
--Todd
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| (...) A great idea. I know of one proposed standard, from Adobe, Netscape, and IBM - PGML (precision graphics markup language). The W3 proposal is at: (URL) back to the "old technology browsers" thing, I'm glad we've agreed to disagree. :^) However, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish)
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