At 03/04/98 13:10:23, "Ernest Slyman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
# Would like to see the hypertext poem succeed. However, it lends itself
too
# strictly at the moment to limitations of reference.
#
# If one could run one's mouse across a word or line in a poem and a
phrase or
# allusion or multiple meaning display itself on the page without
clicking,
# then perhaps something more interesting could be derived.
This can be done.
#
# At the moment, the hypertext poem is too strictly defined. Limited by
# reference. Or mere lack of ingenuity. If say audio "the poet's voice as
in a
# reading, and by nuance providing interpretation" then some worth could
be
# associated.
#
# And what about visual/video enhancement. Artwork. Some frame of
reference
# that could pop up on the page itself.
Let's walk before we can run, here. I've seen tooooo many multi-widgetual
pages that relied upon the end-user having a T1 or better conection. Small
is good. Text is king. JavaScript roolz.
#
# Right now it's a bit of a blunt can-opener. Hardly a household utensil.
Umm, yes. But monsters live in hope.
Roger.
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