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Posted by David Segall on 09/15/06 15:38
mbstevens <NOXwebmasterX@XmbstevensX.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:29:40 +0000, David Segall wrote:
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>> Contrast Jukka Korpela's http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www.html and Roedy
>> Greens http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html. They both cover the
>> technical content well and they are both "good" web sites
>
>Not the second one, by any stretch of my imagination.
>And look here:
>http://tinyurl.com/ncu6w
>
>> but they are
>> world's apart in the interest they create and what they reveal about the
>> authors.
>
>The content of Jukka's site is what creates interest. The good design
>just allows it to be accessed easily. I don't think you're taking into
>account what that particular site is _for_. No, it could not be used to
>sell Nike running shoes. Yes, it could teach you some very interesting
>things about your craft.
That is exactly the point I was trying to make. I am not surprised
that Roedy's site fails to verify because his eclectic style indicates
that "following the rules" is not his first concern. I have learned
interesting things about my craft from both those sites and I believe
that the technical content of Roedy's site is just as valuable as
Jukka's. I chose the two sites to contrast style, not substance.
I agree that, in one sense, I did not take into account what the OP's
site is for. I assumed that it was about some technical aspects of web
site design. My post was intended to encourage the OP to reveal a
little more of himself even if that was only reflected in his web site
design rather than his web site content.
To paraphrase your post: "I don't think you're taking into account
who that particular site is _from_".
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