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Date:      Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:15:41 -0400
From:      Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: new FreeBSD-webpage
Message-ID:  <20051006221541.GA38659@neptune.atopia.net>
In-Reply-To: <20051006214904.GB33546@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:49:04PM -0400, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.or=
g> was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:37:40PM -0400, Dan Ponte wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:33:26PM -0400, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurit=
y.org> was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy:
> > > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 04:43:36PM -0400, Dan Ponte wrote:
> > >=20
> > > > I second that all the way. Personally, I feel that the FreeBSD proj=
ect
> > > > is doing too much in the way of appearing "trendy" to attract new u=
sers,
> > > > and it's at the expense of its existing userbase. Not to mention th=
at
> > > > the old site rendered perfectly in elinks, while the new one is a m=
ess
> > > > (scrolling all over the place).
> > >=20
> > > Thanks for sharing your opinion, but you forgot to explain how a new
> > > website will make existing FreeBSD users stop using the operating
> > > system.
> > >=20
> > > Kris
> > I should have worded that differently. By "expense" I didn't mean that
> > the existing userbase would shrink, but, rather, it would be at a
> > disadvantage to it. Though, I don't think that anyone would have truly
> > seen it as the former.
>=20
> If you think the new design truly puts you at some kind of
> disadvantage, you should formulate constructive ideas for how to fix
> that.
>=20
> Kris
It certainly does put me at a disadvantage; see the statements made by
the earlier author.

One idea is to revert to the old design, which suited people's needs
just fine. However, I doubt that will happen.
-Dan
--=20
Dan Ponte
http://www.theamigan.net/
Warning: Do not look directly into laser with remaining eye.

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