Re: Time for a new FAQ?

Andreas Freise (ad...@mpq.mpg.de) wrote:

>My intention writing the sentence you quoted above was
>only to make sure that at least Allen Mullen's 
>list is added before the first posting of the (any)
>new FAQ. (Allen gets a big Thanx!, too)

>That wasn't meant to be any kind of critisim.


I fully realise that you were not being critical and I was in
in no way offended but thought an explanation of my attitudes
might be useful. 

I was only making the point that whilst I have nothing against 
listing URLs and Archive Sites, lists of that type are a pain to
maintain and keep current because the Archive Site/Homepage Owners
seldom let the List and FAQ Maintainers know of changes.

Allen Mullen is quite diligent in maintaining his own Site and has 
definite views on FAQ contents.

After posting the Bob Allison FAQ in the newsgroups for some months 
I got tired of private email from people telling me they could not 
access Sites listed in the FAQ and asking if I could sort it 
out...so I added the Disclaimers and mercifully the emails stopped. :-) 

The only persons really able to maintain and revise FAQs are the 
original authors...some do, some don't, and many simply lose 
interest and enthusiasm.  


The main point about the "New Ascii FAQ" is that it is written from 
the perspective that most people now use Windows 95, Netscape and 
other sophisticated Web-Browsers and News-Readers with all sorts of 
Colours, Bells & Whistles and other Gizmos...instead of the old Text 
Editors with Non-proportional Fonts used by the "Early Neanderthal 
Ascii Artists".  

Modern users naturally think they should be able to use ALL the 
Gizmos in Ascii Artwork and they get all frustrated and confused 
when the hi-tech expensive Gizmos don't work in the pictures they 
produce.  


Bye,

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