Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!koeneman From: koeneman@paul.rutgers.edu (Juergen Koenemann) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: CACM Why this "improved" design Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 13:55:19 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 18 I agree with all those who complain about the new CACM "style" and confirm that many of the people I know stopped reading it. Especially bad are these new titlepages, starting on even pages, with large illustrations, the author's names hidden... Today I realized WHY they did it during an attempt to xerox an article. It's almost impossible and a waste of paper. Retrieving one in your file folders is even worse. Thus my conclusion: CACM articles are deliberately presented in a way that discourages xeroxing and archiving and retrival in order to force people to buy ACM Press books with articles reprinted in a normal scientific useful way Or CACM are just meant to be coffee table browsing material ?? -- Juergen Koenemann koeneman@paul.rutgers.edu