Subject: Re: NetBSD web design
To: None <netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 11/08/2004 22:57:38
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Daniel de Kok <daniel@netbsd.org> wrote:
> > planned features in future releases should also be present.  I think
> > it should be focused on "converting" users of Windows and "big name"
> > Linux systems, like Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, etc.
>=20
> Really? I think it is worth discussing whether that is the path we
> want to go as a project. One of the good points of the NetBSD project
> was IMO that it was not focused on hype, and converting users.

Yes, you have a point here.  As much as we joke about world domination,
I do appreciate the relatively calm zealotry in our corner of the online
world. :-)

(On the other hand, I've also been known to complain about the lack of
enthusiasm, occasionally.)

> I think it is preferable to look what the project wants first, and
> in my humble opinion we are on a good track. The website looks quite
> solid, in contrast to many blog/*nuke engines out there on the net.

Yes, I agree that Not Everything Is A Blog.  Blogs are a fad, we want
information.

> We should improve our DocBook/Website stylesheets, and convert any
> non-DocBook/XML cruft that is left. Maybe we should rely a bit more
> on tidy to clean up the HTML.

Correct.  I've been trying to get more pages to XML now, but we really
need a lot of work in this area.

-Jan

--=20
"When it's fall in New York, the air smells as if someone's been frying
goats in it, and if you are keen to breathe the best plan is to open a
window and stick your head in a building."

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