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Re: design of Web pages
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 95 09:33:02 JST
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 12:39:10 -0500 To: farber () central cis upenn edu (Dave Farber) From: rjs () farnsworth mit edu (Richard Jay Solomon) The strange part of these epiphanies that presenting information takes skill is that no one has seemed to learn a thing from the billions lost on videotext/teletext. That's what happens when you erase corporate memory. We have 500 years of experience with print and graphics. People get degrees in graphics and page design. Some people even study such things as language and art and the psychology of perception in higher educational institutions. There are even courses in EDITING! Were the computer nerds so out of it when they were studying math and engineering that they think they have to re-invent everything? Judging from the experience of our awful software manuals, I suppose so. Richard
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