From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jan 4 04:14:16 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA06873 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 04:14:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-002.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA06868 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 04:14:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stephane@wanadoo.fr) Received: from dij3-181.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.252.150.181] by wanadoo.fr for Paris Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:11:27 +0100 (MET) Received: (from stephane@localhost) by sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA00621; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:12:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from stephane) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:12:30 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <199901041212.NAA00621@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> From: Stephane Legrand MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Possible change to first page on site In-Reply-To: <01bd1902$47ceb500$8632b3c2@piolin.ncsa.es> References: <01bd1902$47ceb500$8632b3c2@piolin.ncsa.es> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 20.3 "Vatican City" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jesus Rodriguez writes: > > >Just a suggestion : could the first page become a CGI script which > >look at the browser name ("HTTP_USER_AGENT") and send a special newby > >page for the Window$ or Mac browsers ? > > > I think this is not a good idea because not everybody using Windows or Mac > browsers are newby... usual FreeBSD users may use Windows or Mac at job or > some other place... > > JesusR. > Yes, of course. I agree that not _every_ Mac or Window$ users are newbies to FreeBSD. But i think there is lot of more chance that a newby uses a Window$ or a Mac browser than a FreeBSD one :) This is just a suggestion to try to increase the chance to send a page which will fit the user needs. -- Stephane.Legrand@wanadoo.fr | FreeBSD Francophone http://perso.wanadoo.fr/stephane.legrand/ | http://www.freebsd-fr.org/ "Laissez les developpeurs developpes et les octets seront bien gardes" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message