OFF: RE: HW: Mission Control: New Orders

Tue Oct 30 12:47:51 EST 2001

Aye,

have to agree there, everyone here thinks its a top site, and this is a Netscape
office <G> So more Java the better <HEHEHEH>

Regards
iain

Fraser Gray wrote:

> The site impressed me so much, that's why i e-mailed you for advice about
> webdesign, cool site and everyone i know thinks so
>
> <html></html>
>
> >From: Bill & Cynthia <freeaqua at IINET.NET.AU>
> >Reply-To: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> >To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> >Subject: Re: OFF: RE: HW: Mission Control: New Orders
> >Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:21:57 +0800
> >
> >Ditto to that Rik
> >
> >Bill
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tom Clark" <tclark at PETRONET.NET>
> >To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:29 PM
> >Subject: Re: OFF: RE: HW: Mission Control: New Orders
> >
> >
> > > For what it's worth...I think it's a kewl web site, Rik.   Keep it up!!!
> > > It's amazing how some people can get anal retentive about shit.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Rik Rx" <hw at CY-B.ORG>
> > > To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 3:38 PM
> > > Subject: OFF: RE: HW: Mission Control: New Orders
> > >
> > >
> > > > "Guido N. Vacano" <nycademon at HOME.COM> Wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >"Your lectures must really be something. Let's see. "Class, for
> >maximum
> > > > >effect, use lots of pointless JavaScript (you know, the kind that
> >doesn't
> > > > >really serve any useful function), use purple and yellow text on a
> >starry
> > > > >background, "beam" the text in a la Star Trek Transporter. Make sure
> >your
> > > > >site's "live" while you're implementing "better navigation" so that
> > > people
> > > > >can get completely lost and will have to make extensive use of the
> >handy
> > > > >dandy "back" button to get back to (one of two) "home" pages, and
> >most
> > > > >importantly, protect your kewl code with a cute javascript that gives
> >you
> > > > >an "Authorized Hawkwind Personnel Access Only!" popup when someone
> >right
> > > > >clicks on the page to view the code.
> > > >
> > > > Ahhh, you seem to be under the misapprehension that the approach to
> >the
> > > > Official HW site should be the same as that of a corporate or business
> > > site.
> > > > Of course it isn't. Hawkwind have always been about stimulation by
> >visual
> > > > media, at least in the 30+ years I have experienced them. Perhaps you
> > > missed
> > > > that little point. Of course, we could always make a sans-serif black
> >text
> > > > on a white background site for the chromatologically challenged, but I
> > > think
> > > > that really would be missing the point....... As we said, there *WILL*
> >be
> > > a
> > > > printer-freindly extension to most key pages, with a gateway option
> >from
> > > the
> > > > new sitemap.
> > > >
> > > > I have no idea what the following means:
> > > > (yes - it is complicated isn't it !)
> > > >
> > > > >The click disable was simply put there to force people to use the
> >page's
> > > > >own navigation,<<SNIP>>
> > > > >People navigate via right click (which was what I was talking about)?
> > > > Hmmmm?
> > > >
> > > > With reguard to the right click disable which you find so
> >interestingly
> > > > irritating, ....if you had visited the site before, you will know that
> >the
> > > > site usually runs in a remote console ('kiosk mode') which removes the
> > > > normal navigation keys on 80% of browsers, and gives a larger stage
> >for
> > > the
> > > > graphic content to avoid scrolling etc. Without the navigation bar,
> >the
> > > only
> > > > navigation options are via the right click menu (windows) or apple
> >click
> > > > dropdown on Mac. However we wanted to guarantee visitors used our own
> > > > navigation system, so we disabled the the click. If you still can't
> > > > understand this basic concept please mail me privately and I'll go
> >through
> > > > it S L O W E R :-}
> > > >
> > > > >However, the existing site is, and has always been, a "javafest" by
> > > > >intention to fit an exacting brief.
> > > >
> > > > >Exacting brief? Can't remember the last time I heard anyone say that.
> > > What
> > > > >the heck do you mean?
> > > >
> > > > Ahh... foiled by yet another complicated technical term eh? This
> >refers
> >to
> > > > the detailed specifications for the site design given to me by the
> >band.
> > > >
> > > > >Hmmmm. . . . Well, you know what they say. Something to the effect of
> > > > >"Those who can do. Those who can't teach" --Henry Louis Mencken.
> > > >
> > > > So you teach too eh? - Rik
> > > >
> > > > >Guido
> > > >
> > > > >P.S. My apologies to the list, this is my last post to the list on
> >the
> > > > >subject.
> > > >
> > > > Yeah - me too! I got some seriously pointless JavaScript to write !
> >:-}
> > > >
> > > > Oh ya - by the way, I wouldn't have taken offence at your original
> >post
> >if
> > > > it were merely constructive critisizm. I do believe that without such
> > > useful
> > > > feedback, none of us can learn, grow, and develop. Including a pointed
> > > > reference to a third rate book on web design, however, smacked
> >seriously
> > > of
> > > > taking the piss!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Rx
> > > >
> > >
>
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