h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hello ffmike... just perusing your page when I came accross this:

" Besides which, H2G2 works best as a textual medium; 99% of the graphics around here add nothing to the H2G2 experience. "

Hmm... I think that is a bit exaggerated. Obviously, it is an opinion (one that I agree with, however much my love of graphics), but I don't think it a fair comment... the least you could do is add a foot note of the fact that a lot of words are useless, and only about 99% of THEM need be used (brings up the Orwelian idea of good being used for good, not good for bad, etc. etc.)

Just a though

Perhaps we should just agree to disagree here. After cruising various user pages, I'm pretty happy with the 99% figure.

And it's my home page, I don't need to be fair

True, you don't need to be happy, but it would be nice. Even Douglas Adams' page has a graphic on it. Everyone's page had a graphic on it at x-mas time, the ACEs now all have graphics, etc. etc. etc. etc. So, if only 99% of the pages with graphics needed them, then TDV must have been whacked out of their minds on x-mas?

Confundled

happy meaning fair, btw.

Yes, I do think the Xmas graphics were a waste of bandwidth. One of them had cultural issues too (Muslims being prohibited of displaying images of angels, why did they take the risk of that graphic showing up on a Muslim researcher's home page?). And no doubt TDV is aware by now that I consider many of their decisions whacked.

I did add a footnote, by the way

Much better