TV vs. Reading et al

[Doug Millison]

There are more than a few people studying, and implementing, interfaces on
the Web that are designed specifically to welcome people, draw them in,
cater to their interests and desires, etc., and many of these innovations
are working their way backwards into computer architectures -- a good
example would be the way Microsoft Windows is absorbing the Internet
Explorer Web browser interface (please forgive the geek-speak).  Many of
these efforts are driven and sponsored by commercial forces, some of them
are more aesthetically or altruistically motivated.  I've just finished
editing the second edition of a best-selling book that was perhaps the
first to introduce modern typographical and visual design practice to the
Web. Web technology doesn't yet easily support the kind of visuals we're
accustomed to on film and paper, but that's coming. I'd love to see Pynchon
tackle this terrain and give it some of the spin that he has given to
German Expressionist aesthetics in film in GR.

Cordially,
Doug

At 10:56 AM 8/18/97, David Casseres wrote:
>By the way there are now some software products that concentrate on
>manipulating text on the screen, with screen-appropriate typography and
>many features to aid the user in viewing the text in different ways,
>analytical tools, automated cross-referencing, special conventions for
>seeing the underlying structure of the content, etc.  They are meant for
>writing and modifying the source code of computer programs, and are used
>exclusively by techies.

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