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 | | From: | marko_amnell at hotmail.com | | Subject: | Re: the rain in Titan falls mainly in... | | Date: | 24 Jan 2005 00:04:41 -0800 |
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 | |-|erc wrote:
> wrote in message >
> > |-|erc wrote:
> > > wrote in >
> > > > They found methane rain on Titan. I think that
> > > > is pretty cool (freezing cold, actually).
> > >
> > > > http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/21/news/titan.html
> > > >
> > >
> > > WOW! You should try the A+ A- text adjustment on that site,
works
> > great!
> >
> > Yeah, you can also put the text of an article in a single column.
> > It's a bit easier to read that way. I've been reading the Herald
> > Tribune for years, and it's good to have it online too. The online
> > version updates with news more often than the print version.
> >
>
> I saw that. Made me think of the Buffy episode last week where the
librarian is
> arguing with the computer lab teacher that the information doesn't
come from anywhere,
> its there one minute and gone the next, that books have smell! Lots
of people are
> like that, if you showed them a good interface like that it'd sway
the argument,
> especially for a teacher.
And the newspaper publishers know that. So they put a lot of effort
into making their online editions easy-to-use and pleasant to look at.
I happen to know the guy who designed the Financial Times website,
and he said he was really well paid to do that. He's an Indian guy
(the subcontinent, not American Indian, in case you were wondering...)
who has done many similar programming jobs.
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| | From: | |-|erc | | Subject: | Re: the rain in Titan falls mainly in... | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:13:04 +1000 |
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| wrote in message
> > > > > They found methane rain on Titan. I think that
> > > > > is pretty cool (freezing cold, actually).
> > > >
> > > > > http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/21/news/titan.html
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > WOW! You should try the A+ A- text adjustment on that site,
> works
> > > great!
> > >
> > > Yeah, you can also put the text of an article in a single column.
> > > It's a bit easier to read that way. I've been reading the Herald
> > > Tribune for years, and it's good to have it online too. The online
> > > version updates with news more often than the print version.
> > >
> >
> > I saw that. Made me think of the Buffy episode last week where the
> librarian is
> > arguing with the computer lab teacher that the information doesn't
> come from anywhere,
> > its there one minute and gone the next, that books have smell! Lots
> of people are
> > like that, if you showed them a good interface like that it'd sway
> the argument,
> > especially for a teacher.
>
> And the newspaper publishers know that. So they put a lot of effort
> into making their online editions easy-to-use and pleasant to look at.
> I happen to know the guy who designed the Financial Times website,
> and he said he was really well paid to do that. He's an Indian guy
> (the subcontinent, not American Indian, in case you were wondering...)
> who has done many similar programming jobs.
>
I just noticed news.com.au has the exact same icons for font adjustment. Another selling point
is if you forget your glasses you can increase the font, try that with a newspaper! HTML
has a lot of surprises yet I would guess, simple ideas are often the best.
Herc
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