Subject: Re: Supported Platforms webpage
To: None <www@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 05/02/1999 17:44:02
On Sun, 2 May 1999, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:

> I like it.  It makes the first impression of the list of ports better.
> However, why not move the text about experimental ports to the top.  My
> first reading of that page was that the list is all completed ports, even
> if not all released, and that there is a further list of experimental
> ports.  I then wonder where that second list is.  If the text precedes
> the list (following the existing paragraph) then the "None" link can
> be replaced with the word "Experimental" and the reader already knows
> what that means.  It also means that more information is available in
> fewer clicks, always a useful goal.

	It also pushes the list down further, which I'm reluctant to do,
	though I agree something should be said before the table.

	'experimental' is really a little too long for the Release
	column, but I might be able to come up with something...

	I have put up an updated version - if noone has any objections
	I'll make it 'real' :)

		David/absolute

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