Holy Cow!! Another Victorian has discovered how to use a computer and
gotten onto the net! There's hope for 'em yet. Good to see another
fellow Vic! :-)
> The issue of putting FoS and other ANGFA resources onto the web is a
> complex one. You must first address what ANGFA would have to gain by
> putting various articles up on the web, in view of the fact that at present
> it is very hard to charge for access to these "small hits" type articles.
> If you put up the articles in .PDF format you are effectively giving
> publishing quality material and this could have an impact on the
> subscriptions to FoS. The Bulletin on the other hand would be a ideal
I think it would be good to have some select articles on the web and the
Bulletins. Has anyone tried to get a .pdf file that has been set to no
printing/saving and tried to "break in"? If they can't be printed etc
then we are not really giving away publishable material. Sure, where
there is a will there is a way but you need a brain first and most people
don't have one when it comes to cracking computer stuff. One out of how
many fish keepers may be able to do it?
> I would like to see at least a comprehesive index of all ANGFA articles,
That would certainly be a valuable contribution.
> While .PDF files do infact support a more conventional layout format, html
> files can at presently support a more interactive range of options such as
> Java, Fractile Image compression (200 to 1, or more, with zooming),
> animation and audio and video. All of these are promised, in .PDF but it
> remains to be seen just how well.
Only problem with this is the reformatting for html can be a bit of a pain.
Just in terms of the time it takes.
> Mark Chettle
Good to see you on the list Mark.
Cheers
Peter Unmack