Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 22:21:29 -0600 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who mainains https://www.freebsd.org/ website? Message-ID: <BBA87392-12BF-408A-837B-60B24F3E7FBD@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20191118043838.7aeb586e.freebsd@edvax.de> 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>
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> On Nov 17, 2019, at 9:38 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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