Subject: Re: new front page
To: None <ethan@enteract.com>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 11/24/1999 22:20:26
Ethan Bakshy writes:
> Hey, did anyone notice the new front page?

Yup.

> It looks neat, but I think it still looks sort of plain. As I get
> geekier and geekier, I care less and less about appearances of web
> pages, because I know that if your working on something real cool,
> you're going to be working on that something, not the website. In this
> case, its pretty true for NetBSD- the site is pretty plain. Complete,
> yes, informative, yes, but pretty- I don't think so.

I think it is nice.  Easy to see the *huge* number of platforms, and 
generally easier to navigate. (IMHO)

Now, I have a couple of suggestions that might help out, but I also
think the site is fine as is.

How about "shading" the titles (like Information/Distribution/etc),
similar to http://www.kde.org/ or http://www.freshmeat.net/ also.
Basically where each section ends up in a box. (oh, and it is like
this on http://www.slashdot.org/ and http://www.daemonnews.org/ as well)

Also, I would think the mirrors list might be better at the top, where it
is much easy to notice. :)

-Andrew
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