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Re: new web site
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote:
> OM>> Excuse me for saying this - but this site has the same problem as the
> OM>> previous one. It is not grahpical enough. And yes - I KNOW we like
>
> Just let me to be straight. We are building information site or we are
> building Disneyland? Look at freshmeat - one of the most informative sites
> I know - it has almost no graphics. Look at RPM repository at rufus.w3.org
> - it has no graphics at all. Look at w3.org pages. Look at yahoo. Look at
> slashdot. Look at lwn.net. Look at lituxtoday.com. Look at linuxhq.com.
> All the sites have bare minimum of graphics (except banners). All has tons
> of users.
Arguing again, kids?!
This is really very intriguing. Every few months a new webmaster sets in
and does an amazing revision in the look of our site. Then people start
arguing about the ideal amount of graphics.
That's so idiotic!!!
The site's look never needed a revision. It always looked REASONABLE,
which is just fine. The problem is that due to over-creativity, people
forget that the most important thing is to keep the site UPDATED
REGULARLY. Personally, I liked the previous design a little better, but
that is really unimportant. What IS significant is that we won't have
items titled "Read about our latest installation party" reporting about
something that happened 1.5 years ago (this example is made up, but there
were similar anachronisms).
Eitan, your new design is just fine. Please, PLEASE, give top priority to
updating the CONTENTS of the site: links, news, information about events
etc., and only then spend time on design and translation to hebrew (people
who don't read english properly have little to do with linux at the
current stage anyhow).
Good luck!
Tuvik
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