[foh-mail-list]posting selected archived articles on the web site

[Forrest Carroll]

>In a message dated 3/29/04 11:24:53 PM,
>Forrest writes:
>
><< we might
>try high-quality scans and put them through Photoshop and make PDF
>files that way.  Or scan into text, edit them, and place as HTML
>files.  HTML files are going to be a lot more accessable to viewers,
>and take much less space on the web server. >>


Pete responds:

>
>Good thoughts there, Devin. Text files would indeed be more accessible, and
>allow people to easily "grab" them, use excerpts, etc. This seems user
>friendly, which is good. I question whether editing makes sense, 
>because that can sure
>slow things down, especially if the editor is not the same person as the
>writer. I'd say that even dated stuff might as well stand, as it 
>will be presented
>as something from the archives.
>
>Perhaps each of us could go through some back issues and suggest some items
>we think are worth presenting on the site. Once some of those are picked, we
>have incentive to move forward with this plan.

Pete:

By "edit" I mean correct the typos that the scanner creates, so that 
the text is the same as the original.  I've never seen 
scanner-to-text software yet that is 100% accurate.

-Forrest