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From: Dennis Steinmeijer dv8@********.nl
Subject: HTML
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:01:28 +0200
> You can say that again. I remember when the only way to even find a web
> page was to know somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody that
> happened to know how to write in HTML. I still write all of my HTML by
> hand rather than let some program do it, don't know why, I just do. (OH,
> and don't get me started on the pages that take 30 minutes to load and are
> just a bunch of Java Applets, ugh).

The reason why I still write every HTML page by hand is because that way I
know what's up when something goes wrong. Also you have more control over
the page and a lot of page-creator programs are messy and store a lot of
redundant info that takes years to download.

Dennis

"Abashed the Devil stood,...and felt how awful Goodness is..."

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