<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds --> <!--X-From-R13: [nevna Uevssvgu <telcubaNvnrui.ay> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 20:59:34 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Marcel-1.26-0121215927-d07Ky&5#Gryphon,knoware.nl --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 3.0.32.19980121081859.00774e18@online-alchemy.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00273.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00274.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00270.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00274.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00272">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00272">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00272">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: Mud Dev Mailing list <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Marian Griffith <<A HREF="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 21:59:27 +0000 (GMT)</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Wed 21 Jan, Mike Sellers wrote: > The nifty thing about a graphical world is that you can > show the user the more detailed version of the object, but you don't have > to actually *tell* them about it. So are those parts of the design on the > chest really teeth, or am I imagining things? Is that a pin with a glob of > poison on it, or just a trick of the light? Sometimes such ambiguities are > easier to bring off with graphics than with plain text. That's of course one of the problems with text. Because there is so little information actually available, everything that -does- get mentioned tends to become important, possible even out of proportion. When I describe some landscape and mention there are dewdrops on the grass then the natural re- action by the reader is to wonder why those dewdrops are important. They are not but there is no escaping this habit. You can overcome it by provi- ding so much detail that the dewdrops are but one of many but then you are losing most of what makes text different from graphics (and have a lot to write also ;). Marian -- Yes - at last - You. I Choose you. Out of all the world, out of all the seeking, I have found you, young sister of my heart! You are mine and I am yours - and never again will there be loneliness ... Rolan Choosing Talia, Arrows of the Queen, by Mercedes Lackey </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00274" HREF="msg00274.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Brandon Cline <brandon#sedona,net></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00270" HREF="msg00270.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Mike Sellers <mike#online-alchemy,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00273.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00274.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00270.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00274.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00272"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00272"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00283" HREF="msg00283.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Michael Hohensee <a href="mailto:michael#mainstream,net">michael#mainstream,net</a>, Thu 22 Jan 1998, 17:01 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00284" HREF="msg00284.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Michael Hohensee <a href="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</a>, Thu 22 Jan 1998, 17:17 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00273" HREF="msg00273.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Wed 21 Jan 1998, 20:50 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00270" HREF="msg00270.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Wed 21 Jan 1998, 16:30 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00272" HREF="msg00272.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Wed 21 Jan 1998, 20:59 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00274" HREF="msg00274.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Brandon Cline <a href="mailto:brandon#sedona,net">brandon#sedona,net</a>, Thu 22 Jan 1998, 00:32 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00271" HREF="msg00271.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Wed 21 Jan 1998, 16:30 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00277" HREF="msg00277.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Brandon J. Rickman <a href="mailto:ashes#pc4,zennet.com">ashes#pc4,zennet.com</a>, Thu 22 Jan 1998, 07:30 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00318" HREF="msg00318.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Brandon J. Rickman <a href="mailto:ashes#pc4,zennet.com">ashes#pc4,zennet.com</a>, Sun 25 Jan 1998, 23:14 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>