Posted by dorayme on 02/10/07 21:53

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"STILL LEARNING" <byte.this@usa.net> wrote:

> On Feb 9, 12:57 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Yes, you put it very well! The canonical dogma of this church is
> > that everything a website maker does should have the ultimate aim
> > of being as accessible as possible to the great unwashed masses,
> > that everything should be as clear as a bell, everything
> > transparent. If something is to be restricted, make it a login
> > directory, otherwise it's for every person and his dog. Bullshit!
> > Blessed is the obscurantist website maker. I say, let out the
> > lurking Buddhist in the html/css heart.
>
> I was with you Do . . . up until "Bullshit!" Feel free to call me
> corny, but I do think that for _some people_ (not me, not you,
> probably not most of the folk reading this NG) anything COMPUTER has
> to be dumbed down. And, really, I don't even like my choice of words
> ("dumbed" down) because it implies a value judgment. My gram was born
> in a completely different era, but it's because I love her so much
> that I will bend over backwards to make her computer screen act as
> much like a television set as possible lol. Okay, you can laugh. Her
> remote control is her mouse; her TV screen is her monitor.

Lets get one thing clear, Still Learning, I am not laughing at
you. Even the most cynical of hearts could not find fault with
your sweet and thoughtful attempts at communication with your
grandma. And I am pleased at your solving the problem you started
with.

I am not sure what is wrong with value judgements? Personally, I
go in for them big time - like in this case where I give the
priesthood here a little friendly whack...

--
dorayme

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