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[Samuël van Laere]

Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin mean that some of
you use on your sample pages?

I'm not stupid but never got the hang of latin

Regards,
Samuël

 

[kayodeok]

Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin
mean that some of you use on your sample pages?

I'm not stupid but never got the hang of latin

It's just dummy text
http://www.lipsum.com/

 

[Neal]

Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin mean that some of
you use on your sample pages?

I'm not stupid but never got the hang of latin

Regards,
Samuël

See http://www.lipsum.com/ for some info

 

[Toby Inkster]

Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin mean that some of
you use on your sample pages? I'm not stupid but never got the hang of
latin

http://www.lipsum.com/

 

[Dylan Parry]

Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin mean that some of
you use on your sample pages?

As some have pointed out, it is simply a dummy text used as a filler. It
is also not /really/ Latin as it doesn't make all that much sense, but is
somewhat related to a story that (IIRC) was in Latin.

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin mean that
some of you use on your sample pages?

I don't think _all_ (or even most) of us use any Latin on our pages.
Sed multi sunt, qui Latine scribere putantur.

The "Lorem ipsum" nonsense, which should not be called pig Latin to avoid
insulting pigs (it is not _possible_ to insult Latin of course), is
harmful for the very same reason why people think it's useful:
it's nonsense, not to be read and understood. Thus it used to test only
the visual appearance, not readability.

Besides, real-life texts behave differently from Lorem ipsum bla bla. For
example, if you real pages are in German or Finnish, the average word
length is probably much bigger than in Lorem ipsum. And this surely
affects the appearance. For typical English text, on the other hand,
words are probably much shorter. The morale is: use real texts instead of
dummy texts when testing.

 

[Neal]

The morale is: use real texts instead of
dummy texts when testing.

I'll add that form should follow function in a website. Authors should be
most concerned with the content and how to deliver it, rather than the
colors and positioning and sizing of elements. Therefore, unless you're
simply experimenting with new design forms, you ought to have a basic site
infrastructure and actual copy to use before you begin the graphic part of
design - making the Latin filler unnecessary.

 

[brucie]

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Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin mean that some of
you use on your sample pages?

fills a hole. heres an alternative:
http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/Gibber/GibGen.htm requires JS

I'm not stupid

goggle agrees
http://www.google.com/search?q="Samuël+is+stupid"&num=50

 

[Samuël van Laere]

Thanks for the answers people, i didn't even know it had a name in the first
place.
Yes it makes sence to use real text for samples that are available to the
public.
Lorem ipsum can be usefull for quick offline testing though.


Regards,
Samuël van Laere

 

[Neal]

goggle agrees
http://www.google.com/search?q="Samuël+is+stupid"&num=50

And you'll be pleased to see:
http://www.google.com/search?q="brucie+is+stupid"&num=50

But http://www.google.com/search?q="Neal+is+stupid"&num=50 - oh,
Google, say it ain't so!

 

[Mark Parnell]

But http://www.google.com/search?q="Neal+is+stupid"&num=50 - oh,
Google, say it ain't so!

http://www.google.com/search?q="Mark+is+stupid"&num=50

:-(

 

[lime]

Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin mean that some of

you use on your sample pages?

Some info you may find useful: http://www.lipsum.com

 

[Mark Parnell]

Some info you may find useful: http://www.lipsum.com

In case you missed it the first 3 times it was posted.

 

[Andy Dingley]

Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin mean that some of
you use on your sample pages?

I use this:

Legere non possum
nec scribere,
sed ex Glevo venio
tractoremque agere possum.


or in English,

I can't read and I can't write, but I'm from
Gloucestershire and I can drive a tractor.

 

[lime]

Just cause i like to know, but what does all that Latin mean that some
of

I use this:

Legere non possum
nec scribere,
sed ex Glevo venio
tractoremque agere possum.


or in English,

I can't read and I can't write, but I'm from
Gloucestershire and I can drive a tractor.

Classic!