On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:49:04PM -0400, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy: > > > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 04:43:36PM -0400, Dan Ponte wrote: > > > > > > > I second that all the way. Personally, I feel that the FreeBSD project > > > > is doing too much in the way of appearing "trendy" to attract new users, > > > > and it's at the expense of its existing userbase. Not to mention that > > > > the old site rendered perfectly in elinks, while the new one is a mess > > > > (scrolling all over the place). > > > > > > Thanks for sharing your opinion, but you forgot to explain how a new > > > website will make existing FreeBSD users stop using the operating > > > system. > > > > > > 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. > > If you think the new design truly puts you at some kind of > disadvantage, you should formulate constructive ideas for how to fix > that. > > 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 -- Dan Ponte http://www.theamigan.net/ Warning: Do not look directly into laser with remaining eye.
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