[Tutor] Comment on http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[Chris Down]

On 2013-08-27 12:41, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> http://sscce.org/

"Keep the width of the lines in your example to under 62 characters wide."

I don't really see any reason to use less than 79 in 2013. In my opinion(!),
this document is too opinionated to be useful as a generic guide (but it mostly
lines up with my own prejudices).

> "If you don't know how to scroll down, I can't help you. There are all sorts
> of people and places that will teach you the basics of using a web browser, I
> am not one of them."

I have mixed feelings about this. I think this is a poor excuse for poor UX,
really.

> "If you are too lazy to read the entire page, you're too lazy to follow
> whatever instructions we give you, so stop wasting our time."

I agree with this one.

> >There's a lot of words to wade thru
> 
> Writing SMS-speak is not a good way to get ESR to respect your views. (Or
> mine, for that matter.)

Why on earth do people give a crap about "thru"? It's dictionary approved and
peaked in 1930(?) or something, an era when I'm sure if you said they were
using "SMS speak", they would have laughed in your face. I only give a shit
about how someone represents English when it obscures meaning (which I have a
hard time believing "thru" would do).
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