From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 6 22:15:35 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E029B16A421 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 22:15:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net) Received: from neptune.atopia.net (neptune.atopia.net [209.128.231.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6467143D4C for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 22:15:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net) Received: by neptune.atopia.net (Postfix, from userid 1034) id CC1BA60F8; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:15:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:15:41 -0400 From: Dan Ponte To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20051006221541.GA38659@neptune.atopia.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <43455D3E.5040007@mbnet.fi> <20051006204336.GA36557@neptune.atopia.net> <20051006213326.GA33286@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051006213740.GA37835@neptune.atopia.net> <20051006214904.GB33546@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051006214904.GB33546@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: new FreeBSD-webpage X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:15:36 -0000 --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:49:04PM -0400, Kris Kennaway 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 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. --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDRaIM8dUD8SpKFR8RAizCAJ4vY+IG948qztO5D9CPG4JQ2dendACeKnjP 43RameLlSowEgYRv+GO5oOY= =/mFT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI--