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The colonisation of hypertext by the Web, and now the colonisation of the Web by certain 'forms' of 'good' writing, are merely contemporary forms of invasion. 'Literature' on the web seems to be defined primarily in terms of whether or not it is good literature ('good' writing), or whether or not it is usable. In some hypertext writing, and particularly in net.art communities, there is much more experimentation being seen, however this is too easily delegated to the category of art and so kept at bay from a more general reconfiguration of 'writing'. Clearly it is early days in terms of the articulatation of new literacies, but it remains a suprise that everyone acknowledges that reading onscreen is different yet how we define writing remains intensely conservative in the face of this difference. (Writing for screen sized chunks is confusing convenience with new forms.)
Adrian Miles: Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
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