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From: Peter Krantz
Date: Apr 12, 2011 1:21AM

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 09:04, Jukka K. Korpela < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> It is unavoidably unpredicable, from an author's point of view at
> least. Any note on this by the author is a shot in the dark, sometimes an
> educated guess that is mostly correct, but it may really confuse when it
> isn't.
>

This is a fact that many web authors have a hard time understanding.
Compared to printed material (where you get to control almost every
aspect of the medium that carries the information) the web only
provides you with a set of suggestions. End users are getting better
and simpler configuration settings for downloads, windows, tabs and
other user interface aspects. It is time to let go.

Regards,

Peter