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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 31 Mar 1999.
Re: Work in progress: ASCII art FAQ 3.0.-1

Re: Work in progress: ASCII art FAQ 3.0.-1

In article <370...@news.vossnet.net>, zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz
(Martin Atkins) wrote:
> 
> .----- On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 08:39:31 -0500, llizard posted:
> |
> |I think your decision to avoid CSS like the plague is a wise one. (It's
> |a selfish reason; I still happily use Netscape 3, which does not support
> |CSS and makes pages that use it look not even remotely like the creator
> |has intended.)
> |
> '---------------------------
> 
> The way CSS works is to provide a consistant way to define styles in newer
> browsers while retaining backward-compatibility.
> 
> Anything that uses CSS should still work ok in Netscape 3, it just won't
> look as nice. If there's any site that won't work without CSS, it doesn't
> deserve to exist! That's like saying 'I don't want people to use <FONT> tags
> because they don't work in Lynx!' - you can't expect technology to stand
> still while you refuse to upgrade. Reminds me of all of those Amiga500
> luddites that played their part in killing off the Amiga.
[snip]
 
>|mart.atkins|
>|    @      |
>|bigfoot.com|
>|Reply ROT13|


You are mistaking me. The ONLY reason I don't like CSS is because it
doesn't look as nice in Netscape 3 (with which one HAS the possibility
to see colours). Lynx does not offer colours so has nothing to do with
the argument.

I am NOT trying to stand in the way of progress.


NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you
are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent";
its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
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           ,---~
          /_,^%---  I just want to SEE
           />  \    the colours!!!
      ____/ >                              llizard aka ejm
     (#&*o) >                  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca
      '--~ /|^^          ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions
  ejm      | \        www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/

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Subject: Re: Work in progress: ASCII art FAQ 3.0.-1
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