Sociology and Message formatting

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Fri Jan 8 00:26:25 1999

On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Tony Duell wrote:

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> I am not convinced html (or any other markup language) is more expressive
> than plain text. Easier to be expressive in, possibly. But remember that
> an awful lot of books have been written using just the characters on a
> typewriter....
>
> -tony
 
...or using quill pen and foolscap. I find it impossible to believe that
the quality of Shakespeare's work would have been improved by either
typewriter or html. The quantity? Perhaps.
                                                 - don
Received on Fri Jan 08 1999 - 00:26:25 GMT