"Python Redesign" (fwd)

Tim Parkin tim.parkin at pollenationinternet.com
Mon Sep 8 16:44:22 EDT 2003


Terry:
>In any case, Parkin also used (and today defended) the word himself in
>his subsequent posts.  Leaving dictionaries aside, the use of the
>disputable word 'mockup' instead of the accurate word 'image' lead to
>unfulfilled expectations and criticisms based thereon.  Indeed, Parkin
>himself deflected such criticisms several times by saying 'its just an
>image' [and not the html mockup some thought it was].
>
>Do you really think inexact words that lead to misunderstanding are as
>useful as exact words that do not?  Do you really think the
>distinction between object and image is useless?  These are the
>questions I raised and gave my answer to.

Please look up 'web design mockup' in Google and check how it is used. 

Furthermore if I were to create a mockup that was built using HTML, what
would it be a mockup of?

Please can we leave this tautological farce at this point. If you need
to reply further please do it to me directly, otherwise I will presume
you are carrying on for the sake of everyone else on comp.lang.python
and I have a feeling that isn't really what they want.

Tim

Ps I presume you meant "exact words that lead to misunderstanding" and
"inexact words that do not"

Pps Are the words object and image really clearer than the word. The
word object means a a material thing. Material can mean information. So
we get an information thing. Image means the optical appearance of
something. 
So a HTML page creates an Image. As Does a jpg. An object means a thing.
Are we really getting clarity. My word "mockup" did not cause the
unfulfilled expectations, it was the jumping to conclusions that a .html
page meant it must be a finished item.








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