From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 24 06:44:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E841816A4CE for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:44:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91.asp.att.net [63.240.76.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9794643D39 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:44:59 +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 <20041224064458i9100rfhofe>; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:44:59 +0000 Message-ID: <41CBBAE6.1060204@nbritton.org> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 00:44:54 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041219) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael C. Shultz" References: <20041223112731.GA32750@ninja.terrabionic.com> <20041223133440.GC786@myrddin.originative.co.uk> <41CB9F16.1010405@nbritton.org> <200412232117.30199.reso3w83@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <200412232117.30199.reso3w83@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:45:00 -0000 Michael C. Shultz wrote: >I hate to see FreeBSD to something like my once favorite news site >(www.antiwar.com) did. Early on they had a website that wasn't at all >artistic, but they always had links to great news stories and updated >those several time a day. > >A while back they re-did the site into a politically correct artsie >fashion as you are suggestion FreeBSD do. Ever since that so called >upgrade many of there links remain for days at a time and none are >updated more than once a day, my guess is the site with all of its >wonderful graphics is a real pain in the butt to update now. I seldom >visit the site because it is no longer usefull. > >So for me it seems it is not the artwork that brings me to a site, >rather it is the quality of content and FreeBSD's content quality is >good right now, I hope no one messes it up. > > I agree with you there, content if the be-all end-all on the web. And I'm not suggesting we turn the freebsd site into an arty website with spiffy graphics and flash crap all over the place, in fact I want the opposite. I advocate minimalism with a clean cohesive style that doesn't get in the way of content yet conveys a "professional" image of who we are to outsiders and prospective users.