From owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 6 03:23:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D718A16A41F for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 03:23:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from gaia.nimnet.asn.au (nimbin.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.45.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE4943D48 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 03:23:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from localhost (smithi@localhost) by gaia.nimnet.asn.au (8.8.8/8.8.8R1.4) with SMTP id NAA20910 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 13:23:18 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 13:23:18 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <20051006001214.GU63073@freebsdmall.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Project Launches Improved Website X-BeenThere: freebsd-www@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Project Webmasters List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:23:24 -0000 On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Murray Stokely wrote: > The FreeBSD Project is pleased to announce the launch of a new website > today. Please visit http://www.FreeBSD.org and let us know what you > think. The new design was created by Emily Boyd, a student at Smith > College that we had the pleasure of working with through Google's > Summer of Code program. No offense meant to Emily, but I think it's a major downgrade. > We hope you find the new website both easier to navigate and more > aesthetically pleasing. We look forward to improving the site further > over the coming weeks as we work to bring a fresh face to the FreeBSD > web presence. Firstly, anyone with an older browser is going to have problems like: JavaScript Error: http://www.freebsd.org/layout/js/styleswitcher.js, line 40: document.getElementsByTagName is not a function. JavaScript Error: http://www.freebsd.org/layout/js/styleswitcher.js, line 27: document.getElementsByTagName is not a function. JavaScript Error: http://www.freebsd.org/layout/js/styleswitcher.js, line 40: document.getElementsByTagName is not a function. JavaScript Error: http://www.freebsd.org/layout/js/styleswitcher.js, line 40: document.getElementsByTagName is not a function. Secondly, I had to bounce around all over the place just to find things that were previously accessible from the home page - eg, PORTS, FAQ .. > You may also still see the old design for our website archived at: > http://www.FreeBSD.org/old I hope it stays there, and stays updated, until the new page provides the same one-stop functionality that we've long enjoyed till now. And I see the religious nutters have had their way with Beastie! So far, disappointed. Cheers, Ian