Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:15:41 -0400 From: Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new FreeBSD-webpage Message-ID: <20051006221541.GA38659@neptune.atopia.net> In-Reply-To: <20051006214904.GB33546@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <b41c75520510060225h2eeecdd8w@mail.gmail.com> <di2s9q$4ss$1@sea.gmane.org> <43455D3E.5040007@mbnet.fi> <20051006204336.GA36557@neptune.atopia.net> <20051006213326.GA33286@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051006213740.GA37835@neptune.atopia.net> <20051006214904.GB33546@xor.obsecurity.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:49:04PM -0400, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:37:40PM -0400, Dan Ponte wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:33:26PM -0400, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy: > > > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 04:43:36PM -0400, Dan Ponte wrote: > > > > > > > I second that all the way. Personally, I feel that the FreeBSD project > > > > is doing too much in the way of appearing "trendy" to attract new users, > > > > and it's at the expense of its existing userbase. Not to mention that > > > > the old site rendered perfectly in elinks, while the new one is a mess > > > > (scrolling all over the place). > > > > > > Thanks for sharing your opinion, but you forgot to explain how a new > > > website will make existing FreeBSD users stop using the operating > > > system. > > > > > > Kris > > I should have worded that differently. By "expense" I didn't mean that > > the existing userbase would shrink, but, rather, it would be at a > > disadvantage to it. Though, I don't think that anyone would have truly > > seen it as the former. > > If you think the new design truly puts you at some kind of > disadvantage, you should formulate constructive ideas for how to fix > that. > > Kris It certainly does put me at a disadvantage; see the statements made by the earlier author. One idea is to revert to the old design, which suited people's needs just fine. However, I doubt that will happen. -Dan -- Dan Ponte http://www.theamigan.net/ Warning: Do not look directly into laser with remaining eye. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDRaIM8dUD8SpKFR8RAizCAJ4vY+IG948qztO5D9CPG4JQ2dendACeKnjP 43RameLlSowEgYRv+GO5oOY= =/mFT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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