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Re: The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint

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• Subject: Re: The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint
• From: Liam Quin <liam@w...>
• Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 05:44:25 -0500
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On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 02:36:35PM +1100, Rick Jelliffe wrote:
> Tufte and others who blanket say (if they actually do) that one display 
> form is always bad (or always good) are talking through their hats.

In the three Turfte books I've read, there are no such statements.

Instead, he suggests that people learn how to present information
in a very wide array of formats, but with an emphasis on clarity.

I have a lot of respect for his writing.  In typography and graphic
design, as well as i nother forms of communication, one needs to
understand how "the rules" work before one can use them and "break"
them - they are really guidelines, tools for us to use.

Best,

Liam

-- 
Liam Quin, W3C XML Activity Lead, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/
http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/

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