Re: accessing Glide

On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, diana slattery wrote:

> Charles wrote,
>
> > Is there any reason why a simple text page of explanation,
> > with maybe a few gif or jpeg or wav images and sounds,
> > could not be provided, in addition to the multimedia trip?
> Diana replies,
> reason 1)  we were on such a deadline to complete v.1 if the glide website by december 8,
Understandable. And I'm not a paying customer, at least not yet.

> we have discussed adding lots more introductory material.
> i think after the holifays, we'll be ready to get back to work on it.
That I would like, rather than just jumping in.

> the very nature of the language includes the idea of language in motion,
> a concept much easier to show--before talking about--
> than with static pictures and explanation only.
I am used to animated .gifs and .mpegs, no problem.
Also, I can handle RealAudio and .wav files.
However, I refuse to run any Microsoft products,
and many of the newfangled formats cater only to M$.
In fact, I used to write video drivers for OS/2
until M$ ordered our suppliers to cut us off.
The charges of M$ anti-trust violations are true.

> throughout--i assure you it's not just gratuitous eye-candy but actually
> trying to present concepts though a different linguistic modality:
> motion and morphing.
I can see where it would be difficult to get interactivity
without using Java, the only cross-platform alternative.
Courts are ruling that M$ "polluted" Java to kill competition ...

> the question is posed:  what does it mean when syntax is on the move?
> and more fundamentally--what does it mean to move through a maze of language?
Sounds interesting, potentially.