Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!metro!extro!objtch From: objtch@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Peter Goodall) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: Communications ACM format Message-ID: Date: 16 May 91 07:10:44 GMT References: <528o21w163w@shark.cs.fau.edu> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au mikal.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Michael brown) writes: [...] >As for the change in format, it was needed to bring the magazine >up to date. I don't have any trouble reading it. Sorry folks, I think that a full page of fat black type that says: MINIMAL SPACE, AVERAGE LINEAR TIME DUPLICATION DELETION Is over-the-top. Give me a gently flashier version of Scientific American's layout any time. The artists have gone crazy, and forgotten about readability. Bye, -- Peter Goodall - Smalltalk Systems Consultant - objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au ObjecTech Pty. Ltd. - Software Tools, Training, and Advice 162 Burns Bay Rd, LANE COVE, NSW, AUSTRALIA. - Phone/Fax: +61 2 418-7433