Contact the Capsulemaster --- Goretti Publications

Because those wishing to email the Webmaster have probably found some problem with the design or function of the site, that same Webmaster has elected to explain his basic design philosophies here, so that perhaps some perceived problems will actually be found to be virtues of superior web design (!). However, on the off (again, !) chance that some real bug has appeared despite a great deal of testing, the manner of contacting the Webmaster has been included at the bottom.

Issues of Media

I am firmly convinced that the Internet medium is *not* the same as print. While it certainly bears some similarity to print in many ways, it is a different medium and must therefore be treated differently. Similarities include the existence of text; the organization of that text into lines and paragraphs; often, the ordering of paragraphs into sections and subsections; and others which are doubtlessly important but do not require mentioning. Differences, however, include the lack of page breaks, and consequently the absence of a distinction between verso and recto pages; the lack of necessity for running headers or footers; the removal of the danger of a paragraph break coinciding with a page break, thus not requiring indentation of new paragraphs and making increased spacing between paragraphs a practical and useful option; the luminosity of the screen, as opposed to the reflective nature of a paper page; and many others. This means that the design of the site for screen viewing, undoubtedly its primary medium, must be different from its design on the printed page.

Of course, this is Gemini, *not* the Web, and so the details of that design are on your shoulders and not mine. So while the Web version of this site has to contain lots of things about fonts and backgrounds and whatnot, you can worry about all those things yourself here. I'm just giving you information; you can present it to yourself as you like.

Any Remaining Bugs

Despite my best efforts, however, certain bugs undoubtedly appear in certain circumstances, and consequently I, the Webmaster, wish to make myself available for reports of those bugs. Even that, however, must be more complicated than it has to be. I have been forced by the spamming industry to provide a spamproof method of contacting me by e-mail. Simply type in the address that you see garbled and mangled in the image below and I should get your report. Please let me know if there are any problems regarding downloading, broken links, or anything else on the site. If, in particular, you happen to authenticate the site on a whim and find that a page is not standards compliant, let me know; I will be appropriately shocked and immediately remedy the problem.

gorpub@gmail.com

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