Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:40:48 +0100 From: Morten Liebach <m@mongers.org> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated? Message-ID: <20041229064048.GA18730@mongers.org> In-Reply-To: <20041228184712.GN19624@funkthat.com> References: <20041223112731.GA32750@ninja.terrabionic.com> <2d7d2dd2041223035969e056d8@mail.gmail.com> <41D0AF75.6040500@401.cx> <20041228184712.GN19624@funkthat.com>
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On 2004-12-28 10:47:12 -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote this message on Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 01:57 +0100: > > >Aesthetics are not everything, the web site does what its supposed to > > >do. Also i actually like how it looks. > > >A lot of people have strong feelings about all these all singing all > > >dancing webistes. There is just no need. Keep it simple and easy to > > >navigate around thats all thats really important. If the aesthetics > > >really matter more than function to such people who use BSD then they > > >would probably be not using BSD but either windows or linux, where you > > >have a nice pretty GUI to look at all the nice pretty sites. > > > > This is where I think a lot of people simply does not understand the > > problem. > > Im a FreeBSD user. I like FreeBSD because it does not have all the > > flashy installers and pretty GUI's that many linux distros seems to > > have today. But still, Ive been screaming for years for someone to > > improve the website. Why? > > Anyone that has stood in front of a boardroom full of CEO's or similar > > and tried to promote the use of FreeBSD in a big organisation knows > > why. They might like all the facts about the os, the rock-solid > > stability, the lightning-fast performance and its solid reputation as > > a server os, but one look at the website and they will run screaming > > towards the nearest linux advocate instead. > > We, the users, might not care about our image, but if we want to be > > taken seriously by the rest of the world we better do something about it! > > > > [snip] > > >>4. There should be some kind of FreeBSD business card and letterhead > > >> available to all that support this project. > > > > > > > > >I have to ask why? why would people need such things? that i just dont > > >understand > > > > Clearly, you have not tried to "sell" FreeBSD to a big corporation. > > Then we should create a website www.freebsdforcxo.com and use that. > The problem is that the base FreeBSD.org website should remain as it > is. It is targeted to technical people who might not be running a GUI > web browser and want quick access to information. > > Making it more pretty to sell, while destroying the usability for 99% > of the audience is not a solution. Try looking at http://csszengarden.com/ in lynx, links or w3m, then try firefox/mozilla, opera, konqueror/ssafari or MSIE. Perfectly usable for all, and easy to make with a CSS based site. As someone remarked earlier there's work ongoing to CSS-ify the site even more, and it will be for the better in all respects, both usability and the "flashiness" that is somewhat missing. Have a nice day Morten -- http://m.mongers.org/weblog/ __END__
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