© 1996 by Matt Giwer, 1/22

Are you tired of paragraphs like this? (This is just long filler to giver you the idea of what the rest would look like if I made this overly wordy.)

Sick to death of something that looks the worst of the old text editors we used years ago? (This is just long filler to giver you the idea of what the rest would look like if I made this overly wordy.)

      Wouldn't you rather produce text like this? (This is just long filler to giver you the idea of what the rest would look like if I made this overly wordy.)
      Paragraphs that have tabs leading into paragraphs and without blank spaces in between? (This is just long filler to giver you the idea of what the rest would look like if I made this overly wordy.)

      So what is the easiest way to do it? Use hard spaces as the lead to each paragraph. You can have any number of them to suit your taste in tab size but here is the basic string.

     
      You can view the source and see the actual string. Another method is to create a small horizontal rectangular GIF of a single but transparent color and insert that at the beginning of each paragraph. In either case a <BR> is used rather than <P> between paragraphs.
      This matches every form of printed text that people are familiar with. You and I and the rest of us computer types may not have a problem with the lack of a tab and a blank line. But the vast majority of people are not and they will be the future users of the web.
      Adapt to the user, not vice versa.