Python 2.0 quick reference...

[Greg Jorgensen]

On Sun, 20 May 2001, Dave Kuhlman wrote:

> It's more than interoperability.  Certain software screens out or
> discourages particular kinds of content.  Netscape and MS IE
> discourage content without images (it's Boring).  Lynx discourages
> content with images.  So, if you do not read fluently and if you
> need images that twirl and twist and flash in order to overcome
> your short attention span, you want to discourage Lynx from
> becoming a prevalant browser, right?
>
> Marshall Macluan (sp?) would have had something to say about how
> content viewed in MS IE and Netscape Navigator has a different kind
> of message from content viewed in Lynx.
>
> Lynx delivers intelligent content.  MS IE and Netscape Navigator is
> for high school students.

Marshall McLuhan may also have had something to say about snide comments
regarding high school students and people with short attention spans
written by someone who can't spell his name.

The main difference between text-only and multimedia browsers is
advertising. Whether that advertising is overtly commercial, or designed
to make the site more attractive and less boring, almost all non-text web
content, and a good deal of the text content, is advertising of one kind
or another.

But what does this have to do with the Python Quick Reference?

Greg Jorgensen
PDXperts LLC
Portland, Oregon, USA
gregj at pobox.com