Talk: Should I html'ize the FAQ?
From Achille Hui, the Day Dreamer <eil...@drizzle.StanFord.EDU>
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· 4 Sep 1994 04:55 · View full thread
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+---jsb...@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 (eil...@drizzle.stanford.edu) One who prefer the current form of the FAQ.
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