Subject: Re: yet again Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 07:57:56 -0500

At 6:03 PM -0400 3/9/01,
hersh wrote:

> yes, yet another index to the story. sorry for the l o n g >url.... i'll fix that over the weekend.... > > http://www.pointlessart.com/education/loyalist/democracy/onLineAg/FarmStory/storyIndex/farmStoryIndex.html

> >rob questioned the notion of splash page - - is it like a magazine >cover?

From: Alan Florence

splash page = cover page + table of contents -> visualisation of theme/topic - impact in this case, perhaps a random picture full size with others around/down a side. everytime I come it's another one. this version is entirely non-linear. Is there a linear version of the story? Is there a way to walk between these two? A non-linear collage and a table of contents that leads me through the story? Seeing this piece, I ask, why these images? What message ties them? How is this answered? Is it my 'job' as viewer to make a story or is there a message being sent by the 'creator'?

> >the point of my creating a multitude of indices is for observation of a number of activities: - load time on cpu, impact of design/layout,

>methods of delivery - specifically, frame sets, tables, layers, and, >eventually moving to flash etc.