Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 00:44:54 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated? Message-ID: <41CBBAE6.1060204@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <200412232117.30199.reso3w83@verizon.net> References: <20041223112731.GA32750@ninja.terrabionic.com> <20041223133440.GC786@myrddin.originative.co.uk> <41CB9F16.1010405@nbritton.org> <200412232117.30199.reso3w83@verizon.net>
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Michael C. Shultz wrote: >I hate to see FreeBSD to something like my once favorite news site >(www.antiwar.com) did. Early on they had a website that wasn't at all >artistic, but they always had links to great news stories and updated >those several time a day. > >A while back they re-did the site into a politically correct artsie >fashion as you are suggestion FreeBSD do. Ever since that so called >upgrade many of there links remain for days at a time and none are >updated more than once a day, my guess is the site with all of its >wonderful graphics is a real pain in the butt to update now. I seldom >visit the site because it is no longer usefull. > >So for me it seems it is not the artwork that brings me to a site, >rather it is the quality of content and FreeBSD's content quality is >good right now, I hope no one messes it up. > > I agree with you there, content if the be-all end-all on the web. And I'm not suggesting we turn the freebsd site into an arty website with spiffy graphics and flash crap all over the place, in fact I want the opposite. I advocate minimalism with a clean cohesive style that doesn't get in the way of content yet conveys a "professional" image of who we are to outsiders and prospective users.
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