X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,be7ecceadeff64b8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,be7ecceadeff64b8 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,be7ecceadeff64b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-03 21:55:21 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!xlink100!subnet.sub.net!flatlin!flyer.GUN.de!rs1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de!zib-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: eillihca@drizzle.StanFord.EDU ( Achille Hui, the Day Dreamer ) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: Should I html'ize the FAQ? Date: 3 Sep 1994 23:55:21 -0500 Organization: Dept. of Physics, Stanford University. Lines: 32 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <34bjvp$n9v@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:1688 alt.ascii-art:14142 +---jsbell@acs.ucalgary.ca (Joshua Bell)-writes--- | | Again, the conversion to plain text is MECHANICAL, there is no | work involved, and no-one without a HTML viewer need look at the | HTML document: they can read the posted, fingered, or FTP'd | plaintext version you generate with a browser. And if you can't | handle using < in place of <, a simple search/replace on | everything new that you add to the document, you have bigger | problems. | | I'd prefer to browse through HTML documents with hyperlinks. When | it mentions Figlet, a click can take me to the interactive Figlet | page. When it mentions various archives, a click can take me | right there. Remember, you're trying to sell your services to the | user, in a sense. If it makes life easier for them, you win. | | I guess it boils down to: do you want just "eye candy" documents | which have no extrinsic value, or a useful resource document I want "eye candy" documents!!!! They may not have any extrinsic [sic] value, but they are artistic!!!! | which might be a little less compact and less cute, but is | useful? Well, most FAQs are so boring to read. I would prefer a FAQ which impresses a newbie and make he/she interested in ascii art instead of one telling him/her tons of useless "useful" informations. ---------------------------------------achille (eillihca@drizzle.stanford.edu) One who prefer the current form of the FAQ.