Re: FN-FORUM: innovative web video

date posted 1st October 2003 15:20

Justin wrote>Watching pictures of the News can detract from the truth of the
information being provided

So can listening to it my friend. Its all about how the message is conveyed
and articulated.

Justin wrote>As we know one can't categorise art in this post-modern era.

You just tried to - we are no longer in the post modern era. Even that has
past.

Dan

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>
> > HTML -> the WEB -> get it?
>
> >No I don't...
> >HTML is outmoded
>
> All tools have their uses. I would have to agree with Mike and add that in
> so far as HTML is a serious up-to-date relevant tool with which to
> communicate information within the context of the INTERNET.
> Primarily I would say the internet is a place in which vast amounts of
> information can be exchanged and then trawled for relevancy. Design must
> therefore be seen as inter-twined to content and information providing
> within the internet. In other words, within this context simplicity in
> providing information is key to avoiding loss of 'info transfer' from
source
> to user. What I'm trying to get at is that as designers and content
> producers we must remember that less is more - like in the whole RADIO Vs
TV
> argument. Watching pictures of the News can detract from the truth of the
> information being provided, as more 'content' is staged, and at that point
> we cross the line into entertainment.
> So by the definition above one could say that Flash is actually a form of
> entertainment rather than a pure information providing source. Also one
> could demise that if you were designing a site with the purpose of
providing
> information you might develop the 'look' around the 'content' rather than
> the other way around. This would lead one towards HTML as it is primarily
a
> textual content driven tool.
> Please don't get me wrong - in terms of ART, programs like Flash are
great.
> But in that sense indexing such a product is perhaps not as relevant for
> information trawlers such as Google. As we know one can't categorise art
in
> this post-modern era.
>
>
>
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