Re: Style Sheets for HTML
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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 21:40:25 +0200
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Subject: Re: Style Sheets for HTML
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>From: BRIAN @ SMTP (brian) {brian@bur.GEOG.UCSB.EDU}
>Date: Tuesday, May 24, 1994 2:21PM
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>Hello,
>
>Part of the reason that the number of html documents has ballooned
>so much is that they are so simple to format. By restricting
>and/or complicating the formatting, you vastly reduce the number of
>people who are willing to learn the system and use it. The World
>Wide Web was designed to expand communication globally. Don't
>fuss that up by adding a bunch of fluff. There's a well known
>concept in business that works. It's called K.I.S.S. - Keep
>It Simple Stupid!
>
Hear! Hear!!
On the other hand, simple formatting (i.e., justification) makes sense.
Going to the level of fonts, would imply that a 1 kbyte HTML file would
balloon to something like a 100 kbyte postscript file. And then there's
color...........
If someone really, really feels the creative need to totally control fonts,
layout, color, etc. - create graphics files, not HTMLs.
-dave
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