X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f7c81,7483f9db6d98c6bd,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf7c81,public X-Google-Thread: 1045ba,7483f9db6d98c6bd,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1045ba,public X-Google-Thread: 10d591,7483f9db6d98c6bd,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d591,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-20 09:55:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-xfer.siscom.net!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BD1AFC2.1908ED34@netscape.net> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:09:22 -0400 From: "A.C.D." X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16.artcontext i686) X-Accept-Language: en, fr, es MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: pl.rec.ascii-art,kiel.ascii-art,de.alt.rec.ascii-art Subject: ASCII Arts Webring Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Acecape, Inc. Cache-Post-Path: zver!unknown@p162-111.acedsl.com X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Oct 2001 16:55:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: a1691408.news.newshosting.com X-Trace: DXC=S?:1bK[jOZDP;AEBQbemJHcWAoU0VUldBS3bM27mQ[QMT\Fbl_IC X-Complaints-To: abuse@newshosting.com Xref: archiver1.google.com pl.rec.ascii-art:4725 kiel.ascii-art:280 de.alt.rec.ascii-art:2384 Since Yahoo! took over the ASCII Art Webring, they've begun using it to promote themselves. Their interface design is ugly, their navigator isn't exclusively ASCII, and there are advertisements. Since decentralization was one of the goals of Web Rings when they originally became popular, it is unfortunate that the existing rings are now under the influence of one of the largest portal companies. I took it upon myself to write software to support a web ring to replace the ASCII Art Ring. * no advertising, no fees, non-profit * the interface is text only * the "button bar" is unobtrusive If you have a site featuring ASCII art, I encourage you to register and join this ring. http://artcode.org/ascii/ A.C.D.