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Subject:RE: Text is bad: Was Ideas in Motion From:Bill Burns <BillDB -at- intl -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:07:04 -0700
> Sometimes graphics are better than text, sometimes text is
> better than graphics.
>
And I'll chime in here on Rebecca's side. Visual literacy is as much an
acquired skill as verbal literacy, and it is culturally defined. In some
cases, an image works across cultures, but some graphic content is not cross
cultural and may be downright offensive in other cultures.
Bill Burns - Eccentric Technology Consultant
INT'L.com Design & Development
billdb -at- intl -dot- com
