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From: Valeri Galtsev In-Reply-To: <20191118043838.7aeb586e.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 22:21:29 -0600 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <40e2a202-3dd2-9c74-94b9-2c703c5afaf8@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20191117175505.4c6078ad@archlinux> <519ef336-ce87-4acb-9c6d-1c68da518509@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20191118043838.7aeb586e.freebsd@edvax.de> To: Polytropon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3601.0.10) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47GbXH6pnRz3DfF X-Spamd-Bar: +++++++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.135.20.70) smtp.mailfrom=galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [9.79 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[214.142.58.172.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.10]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_XBL(5.00)[214.142.58.172.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.4]; URL_IN_SUBJECT(1.00)[www.freebsd.org]; IP_SCORE(0.19)[ip: (0.54), ipnet: 128.135.0.0/16(0.27), asn: 160(0.21), country: US(-0.05)]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[0.995,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(1.00)[1.000,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[70.20.135.128.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; GREYLIST(0.00)[pass,body]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none] X-Spam: Yes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 04:27:28 -0000 > On Nov 17, 2019, at 9:38 PM, Polytropon wrote: >=20 > On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:19:35 -0600, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >>> first of all my apologise, since a while ago I assumed you are = female, >>> since Valeri is a German female name [1], but after taking a look at >>> https://kicp.uchicago.edu I noticed my mistake. >>>=20 >>> Using $ firefox -v Mozilla Firefox 70.0.1 on Arch Linux everything = is >>> ok, see the attached screenshot. >>=20 >> I will not attach the snapshot of what I see (as we are communicating=20= >> through mail list), but try grabbing right bottom corner of the = browser=20 >> window, and move that around. You will see that with resizing of = window=20 >> darn clickable image floats separately above the rest of the page and=20= >> can block some information. That IMHO is not appropriate for website=20= >> where INFORMATION is paramount, not a cool look. >=20 > This is something typical today. Screens are big. They have > more X than Y, so horizontal alignment does _assume_ a certain > image width. Nobody seems to understand that there are devices > that do not have 2048px width. Design choices, even though > claiming to be "responsive", primarily concentrate on two > device types: mobile, with one column, and desktop, with three > columns (that's why "all modern websites look the same" is > a valid impression). >=20 > So if you use a browser window _not_ in fullscreen, and set it > to something like 1024x768, you can see the "shifting" of the > hovering elements - to cover actual page content and links. > You can even see text elements "floating into each other", here, > the "Shortcuts" and "Supported Releases" lists, partially covered > by the "New to FreeBSD?" grey box. >=20 > Yes, I've also tried that on FreeBSD 12 with a current Firefox > version. >=20 > It's simply a matter of CSS (or its interpretation by the browser) > not doing what the designer intended, because "all browsers work > the same" and "all audience have big screens" simply isn't true. > The web isn't a pixel-perfect medium (such as print would be). > Maybe some designers have a hard time understanding this, because > they are used to "looks good on my machine" just as some developers > will always fall into the "compiles on my machine" or "works on my > machine" trap. >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:44:54 +0100, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions = wrote: >> Oops, I can confirm this. The "New to FreeBSD item" as well as the >> "SHORTCUTS" item easily could become nasty when shrinking the window. >=20 > Seems to "work" (but probably not as expected by the designer) > with different browsers, tried Chrome and Opera and Firefox. > This probably is because they all have a different understanding > of what and where "100%" is, as well as simply missing a proper > strategy on how to deal with window sizes (and I'm not primarily > talking about screen sizes - not everyone runs browsers in=20 > fullscreen all the time!) smaller than what the designer's > high-res Macbook offers... :-) >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:19:35 -0600, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> PS My first name originated from Russia, where it is mostly male = given=20 >> name (so my parents were not crazy giving me that name), some females=20= >> have the same name (modified to indicate female). As far as I know = the=20 >> name came to Russia from France where it is both female and male = name. >=20 > The name Valeri =3D BAJIEPNN~ is derived from the latin VALERIUS, > VALERE, and means something along "healthy" or "to be strong". > The russian form sometimes transcribed as "Valerij" (BAJIEPNN~) > is masculine, the female form "Valeriya" (BAJIEPNR) is feminine, > just like "Valerie" or "Valeria". >=20 >=20 >=20 >> The spelling Valeri was made from cyrillic (and was acceptable) when = I=20 >> published my first paper in English language based journal (my = earlier=20 >> publications were in Russian). The spelling was acceptable conversion=20= >> from cyrillic as one of the options, including when my passport in=20 >> English language was issued. >=20 > "Valeri" is the typical transcription of BAJIEPNN~ into the > english-centered world; the german equivalent also offers the > form "Waleri" (for example, Waleri Bykowski), both are omitting > the trailing N~ (imagine a little u on top of a mirrored N which > forms the masculine "adjective" endings -NN~ or -bIN~). >=20 > The surname, ending in the masculine form, indicates a man. > A similar woman's name would probably be "Valeriya Galtseva". >=20 > Enough school time for today. > There's nothing wrong with your name. ;-) >=20 I for one know that. But everyone who tries to tell otherwise in my face = risks getting punched in the stomack ;-) Just kiddin' >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++