Style vs Substance? (Was: Java or HTML)

From: spamfree@metropolis.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

In article <slrn7tqeh0.m99.tim@leaphome.pelican.org>,
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin) wrote:

> He could write the game in Java, not HTML, and go for delivering content, not
> eye candy.
>
> I know it's a way-out idea for the web, but by the fact that Usenet still
> exists, there has to be *some* market for content[0] out there...
...
> [0]  Yes, I fully appreciate how shite the signal:noise ratio on Usenet is
> since September, but it's about the furthest thing I can think of from the
> singing, dancing, modem-crunching, 99.9~% crap web.

99.9% eh?  (And I though *I* was being extreme at 95%! ;)

Just out of curiosity, do you (or anyone else here) think that there is
still player demand for a no-frills sort of game?  It's been a long time
(nearly a decade) since I opened my last paper report, but even back then
some games were making the move to outputting turn reports in PostScript
with snazzy graphics.

While substance may be the ideal, consumerised western nations demonstrate
again and again that they place more emphasis on singing, dancing,
wallet-draining, 99.9~% unnecessary commodity items.

Is 0.01~% a market niche, or a market nix?

Henry.

PS:  September?  Which September?  What happpened in September?

References

Re: Java or HTML
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Java or HTML
Sam Palmer <Sam@Bitton.homeway.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Java or HTML
graham@DELETETHISaffordable-leather.co.uk
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Java or HTML
spamfree@metropolis.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Java or HTML
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Java or HTML
spamfree@metropolis.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Java or HTML
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Java or HTML
Sam Palmer <Sam@Bitton.homeway.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Java or HTML
graham@DELETETHISaffordable-leather.co.uk
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Java or HTML
spamfree@metropolis.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Java or HTML
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Java or HTML
spamfree@metropolis.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000