From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 19:43:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E5B116A4CE; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:43:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91.asp.att.net [63.240.76.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF11843D54; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:43:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91) with ESMTP id <20041229194347i9100rfviee>; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:43:48 +0000 Message-ID: <41D308EE.2060101@nbritton.org> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:43:42 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041219) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John-Mark Gurney References: <20041223112731.GA32750@ninja.terrabionic.com> <2d7d2dd2041223035969e056d8@mail.gmail.com> <41D0AF75.6040500@401.cx> <20041228184712.GN19624@funkthat.com> <41D2FC84.5000909@401.cx> <20041229185431.GO19624@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <20041229185431.GO19624@funkthat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-www@freebsd.org cc: Simon Burke cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:43:49 -0000 John-Mark Gurney wrote: >Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote this message on Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 19:50 +0100: > > >>Look at sun.com, they have a site that looks professional, is easy to >>use and targeted to tech-savvy users as well as corporate suits. >> >> > >Actually, I think sun.com is a bad example. It it not targeted to >the technical audience... In all the times I've had to find docs and >other related materials, it was always too many clicks away from the >main page to start getting information.. (of course, once you learn, >you go to docs.sun.com, or some other site, instead of www.sun.com)... >and I usually end up breaking down to use search to find it... :( > >As long as we keep the left side bar, I'll be happy... > > > The original reason I gave sun.com out was for the color scheme's etc. they have, I would never want the freebsd website as bloated as that :-)