presentation standards (1983)

Presentation Standards Talking points for TCS Clients (1983) The early days of interactive online were a battle among not only competing businesses, but competing technology platforms. TCS was one of the few companies that actually implemented interactive sites across the dominant presentation standards - and on an international scale. The the technical and marketing implications were significant. The primary types of platforms at the time were: ASCII : plain text / no graphics, "global" standard Teletel / Prestel : Alphamosaic (simplistic character-based block graphics), national standards (France and Britain, respectively) Mactintosh : graphically sophisticated vectorgraphics, Black & White, product-specific (Apple) NAPLPS: graphically sophisticated vectorgraphic, national standards (US and Canada) http://www.jcvtcs.com/-papers-tcs/presentation-standards.html Note: Produced on a dot matrix printer. Classic.

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Talking points for TCS Clients The early days of interactive online were a battle among not only competing businesses, but competing technology platforms. TCS was one of the few companies that actually implemented interactive sites across the dominant presentation standards - and on an international scale. The the technical and marketing implications were significant. The primary types of platforms at the time were: ASCII : plain text / no graphics, "global" standard Teletel / Prestel : Alphamosaic (simplistic character-based block graphics), national standards (France and Britain, respectively) Mactintosh : graphically sophisticated vectorgraphics, Black & White, product-specific (Apple) NAPLPS: graphically sophisticated vectorgraphic, national standards (US and Canada) VIEW MORE ON JCVTCS.COM http://www.jcvtcs.com/-papers-tcs/presentation-standards.html BACKGROUND: What Was Videotex? http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-what-is-videotex.html Browsing History http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-browser-history.html Visual Delight http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-naplps-graphics.html TCS is Born http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-tcs-inc.html Before the Web http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/index-videotex.html This is the Portfolio of my work as a usability designer in the emerging interactive arena from 1981-87.

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Presentation Standards Talking points for TCS Clients (1983)

The early days of interactive online were a battle among not only competing businesses, but competing technology platforms.

TCS was one of the few companies that actually implemented interactive sites across the dominant presentation standards - and on an international scale. The the technical and marketing implications were significant.

The primary types of platforms at the time were:

ASCII : plain text / no graphics, "global" standard

Teletel / Prestel : Alphamosaic (simplistic character-based block graphics), national standards (France and Britain, respectively)

Mactintosh : graphically sophisticated vectorgraphics, Black & White, product-specific (Apple)

NAPLPS: graphically sophisticated vectorgraphic, national standards (US and Canada)

http://www.jcvtcs.com/-papers-tcs/presentation-standards.html

Note: Produced on a dot matrix printer. Classic.

http://www.jcvtcs.com/-papers-tcs/presentation-standards.html