Re: [OT] website design

From: mythusmage@funtv.com (Alan Kellogg)

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

In article <868av40cvl@enews4.newsguy.com>, "Terry Austin"
<taustin@hyperbooks.com> wrote:

> "Alan Kellogg" <mythusmage@funtv.com> wrote in message
> news:mythusmage-2001001121460001@putc221612001162.cts.com...
> > In article <867j3s02747@enews3.newsguy.com>, "Terry Austin"
> > <taustin@hyperbooks.com> wrote:
> >
> > > "Bryan J. Maloney" <bjm10@cornell.edu> wrote in message
> > > news:bjm10-1801001938210001@potato.cit.cornell.edu...
> > > > In article <3884ea28_1@news2.vip.uk.com>, "Rob Harper"
> > > > <stateofmind@breathemail.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Terry Austin wrote in message...
> > > > > > Website fact-o-life #2: Telling someone to upgrade their
> > > > > > browser to view your page - or to reset their video
> > > > > > resolution, or anything else - is the fastest and
> > > > > > surest way to ensuring they never, ever, ever come
> > > > > > back.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Design for 640x480, 256 colors, and test it on a 14.4 modem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Amen to that.
> > > > >
> > > > > Having said that, what specifications you design for has to depend
> on
> > > > > what your website's target audience is.  If you are trying to
> provide
> > > >
> > > > Exactly.  Sticking to Terry's rule for a protein structure site is a
> > > > guarantee that nobody actually working in the field would use the
> site.
> > > >
> > > And thinking that any rule is absolute is a sure way
> > > to do the same, and convince people to ignore you
> > > on Usenet, too.
> > >
> > > Terry Austin
> >
> > The first rule of web site design: Know your audience.
> >
> In Maloney's case, the audience is anal retentive nit
> pickers.
>
> Terry Austin

I thought it was anal retentive nits.

Alan

--
You can't be a figment of my imagination,
I would've done a better job.   A Nonny Mouse

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Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
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Re: [OT] website design
mythusmage@funtv.com (Alan Kellogg)
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
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canute@gridpointgames.com (Canute Bigler)
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Re: Map Generator....
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Re: Map Generator....
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
[OT] website design
"Rob Harper" <stateofmind@breathemail.net>
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: [OT] website design
bjm10@cornell.edu (Bryan J. Maloney)
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: [OT] website design
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: [OT] website design
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Map Generator....
Tim Parton <timdadm@indy.net>
Sun, 16 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000