The electronic version of a chess listing looks exactly like its print and
ink counterpart. How is this a mistake?
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— (a tale twice-told)
Expert eyes see more.
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— (transfer expert experience)
The seed of (hu)Man vs Idea / theChess Haxx sneaked into the universe during a moment of distraction. On the internet, staring without comprehension at an online chess game listing, it was suddenly there and obvious: my computer should be helping me read this chess listing.
Indeed. Each passing second of staring another half-billion or so CPU cycles radiated unused away from my computer while the meaning of the chess listing got no clearer. A quick mental scan for technical barriers came up empty — the chess listing was already present in a form my computer could read, the display could manage a chess board and pieces. Hmmm. If someone could just tell my computer how to convert the listing to a diagram. Hmmm ...
The only real question: would it be worth the effort? The only real answer: yes. Yes, because it completely totally undeniably shows a web document communicating ideas beyond the ken of the press imprinted word. A printed description of the detailed facts of a chess game easily runs to more words than anyone would ever want to read. The right web document displays the same factual detail clearly, unobtrusively, easily.
In other words the right web document is like a million word essay only easier to read.