Re: OT: Artlanging is now mainstream

And Rosta wrote:
> Sai Emrys, to David P:
>> I don't know his technical skills, but design wise he's no better
>> than you.
IMHO he's a lot worse. I can read David's site straight off! David's
pages are attractive and *legible*

This thread broke out just as I was off visiting family in the Midlands
then in South Wales. I've been following the thread on webmail, but it
was not till I got onto mt own computer that I was able to read the rant
properly 'cause I had to mess about with the original illegible stuff.

> Ahem. I think David's site is teh kewl. Especially the Kamakawi
> script stuff, in which David's self-confessed laziness is so
> evidently a fiction.
>
> & I dig the Smileys.
AMEN!

I think David is being hard on himself. I haven't got to grips with PHP,
not because of laziness but because of _time_. We have 'real lives' to
live and there simply ain't time to squeeze in everything we'd want.

Good grief! How can someone who can't be bothered to produce a legible
page complain about someone not using PHP! Get the basics right first!

> But, that said, if somebody (emo d00d) feels they really have to pick
> a fellow conlanger to slag off, then David's a good choice, seeing as
> he's about the least likely to get pissed off about it.
He (she?) slagged off at least three fellow conlangers - Sally Caves got
quite a bit off slagging off, as did J.R.R. Tolkien, as well, of course,
as David himself. All three, as it happens, are persons that I have the
greatest respect for.

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Amanda Babcock Furrow wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 01:33:02AM -0800, David J. Peterson wrote:
>
>> I have to say, he's got me pegged on web design!
>
> Yeah, like his site was so readable.  Lines running off the page with
> no scrollbar.  Nice!
>
> *sigh* I think some of the rantyness rubbed off on me.
I know how you feel. There are so many inaccuracies in the content (when
one can read it) that you want to pick the whole thing apart. But IMO
it's not worth it.

I note, however, he writes: "I design the concept in my head without
writing things down still, deciding first ....."

I suspect very many of us have tossed ideas around in our heads and
thought we've come up with brilliant solutions only to find that when we
actually work them out with pen and paper (or keyboard & monitor) we
discover difficulties we hadn't thought off.

Let's see his (her?) ideas actually in _action_. He can rant the rant,
but can he construct the conlang?

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Ray
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