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<LI><em>From</em>: Caliban Tiresias Darklock &lt;<A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A>&gt;</LI>
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On 09:53 PM 6/4/99 -0700, I personally witnessed Mark Gritter jumping up to
say:
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&gt;While one certainly can't _avoid_ designing a user interface (at the very
&gt;least by "default"), I think there's something to be said for leaving the
&gt;client end alone as much as possible...

I agree entirely. However, by the same token, assuming your user does NOT
have a client can be disastrous...

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<LI><strong><A NAME="00508" HREF="msg00508.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, 
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 22:45 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00512" HREF="msg00512.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, 
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sat 05 Jun 1999, 00:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00514" HREF="msg00514.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Interface/Custom Clients</A></strong>, 
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Sat 05 Jun 1999, 01:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00524" HREF="msg00524.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)y</A></strong>, 
Mark Gritter <a href="mailto:mark#erdos,Stanford.EDU">mark#erdos,Stanford.EDU</a>, Sat 05 Jun 1999, 04:56 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00529" HREF="msg00529.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)y</A></strong>, 
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sat 05 Jun 1999, 10:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00478" HREF="msg00478.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, 
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk">rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 12:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00484" HREF="msg00484.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, 
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 15:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00497" HREF="msg00497.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, 
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 21:24 GMT
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