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Re: [ProgSoc] the gimp
true....but the web has evolved and it's the best thing we've got for distributed hypermedia
and the arguement that it was designed for only text is wearing thin, and by no means a good enough excuse....even the original founders of hypermedia/hypertext envisaged it going way beyond simple text
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>>> Victor Rajewski <vik@nospam.yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au> 04/22/99 11:11AM >>>
> if this reply seems harsh, i do object to be labelled stupid for
> wanting to make use of the full multi-media capabilities of the web
Just to throw by 2c in... The web was designed for text. not video. or
fancy graphical presentations (even tho I admit I use it for that purpose
at times). I think its silly to discount anything which works, but just as
we were discussing PNG is better than GIF even tho its not widely used,
ther are better mediums for multimedia than HTTP (I think).
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