Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 16:04:10 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JFS Message-ID: <3B48BCBA.EB917AD5@iowna.com> References: <200107071638.SAA19610@lurza.secnetix.de> <000d01c1074e$49d31ba0$0300a8c0@uhring.com> <xzp66d3s2a5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <01070814053800.10938@dave> <xzpofqvqkbk.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Dave Uhring <duhring@charter.net> writes: > > I just took a look at www.sistina.com and a web site which has its font > > set to Arial is suspect, IMHO. If they have to use Microsoft products > > to produce a web site...... > > Is that the best you could come up with? I mean, you could criticize > the ingenuity of their designs, or the quality of their code, or their > ability to deliver on their promises - or would that require too much > effort? It's so much easier to just dismiss them out of hand because > they use a font you don't like on their web page, isn't it? Generally, this is what most people do. I'm not defending Dave, or supporting DES. But many people judge a company by such first appearances. I know people who will dismiss a company as amatuer by the quality of their product packaging. I know my opinion of Wind River has been negatively impacted by the numerous spelling errors I found on their web site the first time I visited. Web pages that only display in M$ browsers also make me feel uncomfortable with a company. and _assuming_ that everyone will have a font just because it comes with Windows falls into that category. On the flip side, the Sistina page displays well even though I don't have that font, so _I_ wasn't put off by it. Other aspects of the page design made me decide not to read further into it, however. (primarily the diffucult-to-read blue on black text on the nav column) -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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