3.1321 A correction, Book-buying, Hypertext Design, E-Mail (54)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 26 Apr 90 17:40:46 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 1321. Thursday, 26 Apr 1990.
(1) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 19:05:04 EDT (13 lines)
From: Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: errors
(2) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 18:56:49 CDT (7 lines)
From: Natalie Maynor <MAYNOR@MSSTATE.BITNET>
Subject: Re: 3.1316 Book-Buying [eds.]
(3) Date: Thu, 26 APR 90 09:02:49 GMT (17 lines)
From: S200@CPC865.EAST-ANGLIA.AC.UK
Subject: Hypertext/Hypermedia Design [eds.]
(4) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 19:38:10 EST (17 lines)
From: "Dana Cartwright, Syracuse Univ" <DECARTWR@SUVM>
Subject: E-Mail Signatures [eds.]
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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 19:05:04 EDT
From: Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: errors
In my bibliographical report on play and serendipity, I spot
two silly errors, which I correct here with profuse apologies.
In the bibliography "Hultz" should be "Hiltz", and in the item
by Sheizaf Rafaeli, the author's first name is misspelled and
the whole name given inexplicably twice.
Mea culpa.
Willard McCarty
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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 18:56:49 CDT
From: Natalie Maynor <MAYNOR@MSSTATE.BITNET>
Subject: Re: 3.1316 Book-Buying (2); Joanna Russ; Bolinger Query
Re "how a commercial enterprise has managed to get plugged into
BITNET": Bitnet connects with many other networks, including
networks used by commercial enterprises.
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Date: Thu, 26 APR 90 09:02:49 GMT
From: S200@CPC865.EAST-ANGLIA.AC.UK
Subject: Hypertext/Hypermedia Design [eds.]
HYPERTEXT/HYPERMEDIA
Does anybody know of a readable exposition on good design for Hypertext/
Hypermedia stacks and their screens. There are so many stacks developed
by amateur designers that have no house style, are over-elaborate and
cluttered, with basic control buttons scattered randomly around the
screen, etc, etc. Consequently the stacks are virtually unuseable by the
target audience. Such a paper would be most useful to new authors in
Hypertext.
John Roper,
University of East Anglia,
Norwich, UK
J.ROPER@CPC865.UEA.AC.UK
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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 19:38:10 EST
From: "Dana Cartwright, Syracuse Univ, 315-443-4504" <DECARTWR@SUVM>
A recent posting to Humanist included a tag line at the end...a quotation
from a song, if I noted it correctly. Among the many things I value
about Humanist is the relatively high ratio of "content" to "overhead."
One aspect of e-mail about which one can do little are the seemingly
endless lines of addresses and dates which adorn the start of the
messages. Some people feel compelled to add substantially to this by
adorning the ends of their messages with their favorite quotes,
disclaimers, jokes, and logos composed of 5 to 10 lines of "text". They
then typically add several lines which consist of their e-mail addresses
on every known network.
Can we agree to not do this, without feeling that we are somehow censored?
Let us keep the substance high and the decoration low!