From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 12:34:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF8916A4CE; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:34:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from seaholm.caamora.com.au (seaholm.caamora.com.au [203.7.226.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22F0743F75; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:33:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jon@seaholm.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by seaholm.caamora.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id hB1KXFE24771; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 07:33:15 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <20031202073315.08270@caamora.com.au> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 07:33:15 +1100 From: jonathan michaels To: "Gary W. Swearingen" References: <20031201133128.1eee8ecf.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <6cad6cjo0q.d6c@mail.comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <6cad6cjo0q.d6c@mail.comcast.net>; from Gary W. Swearingen on Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 12:12:21PM -0800 Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia cc: Tom Rhodes cc: FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org cc: Mark Linimon cc: FreeBSD-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Restructure of the front page X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 20:34:32 -0000 greetings, On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 12:12:21PM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Tom Rhodes writes: > > > o Removing the 'News' section. Most of the information there is > > repeated on the right bar. > > Good move, but what's to happen to the /news/ pages? > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html has a link to > http://www.freebsd.org/news/newsflash.html > > Maybe replace news/*.html with "no longer in use" pages, to cut down > on bug reports, etc. yes, i think that would be a good idea, it would also cut down on teh confusion in peoplesminds and teh mailing lists questions regards the perenial "whats current (ly supported)?" after every noe crop of new releases.. also it is a passive way to keep people updated, especially those who do not follow teh relevent mailinglists concering teh release adgenda and so forth. > Along the same lines, "Release Information" is rather esoteric and > could be confused for a verb phrase. How about "Version information" > or "FreeBSD versions"? > > The "Release Information" link should be above the "Getting FreeBSD" > link, because one should learn about the releases before getting one. me thinks that tehis too is a good addition that would also help the many (now) first timers (i mean teh never used berkeley unix before, or any similar type of operating system before) and perhaps the more casual linux user, maybe even teh ms nt v4 sys admin as well. regards jonathan ... just my 1.44 cents ... ($USD1.00 buys $AUD0.72) worth. -- ================================================================ powered by .. QNX, OS9 and freeBSD -- http://caamora com au/operating system ==== === appropriate solution in an inappropriate world === ====