On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Jacek Kutzmann wrote:

> I don't really know if someone thinks about replacing netbsd's website but 
> here is my proposal for netbsd site new design
> http://manta.univ.gda.pl/~jkutzman/netbsd/netbsdsite.gif
> Of course it may need some tuning, but in my opinion it gives more 
> proffesional look to the project.
>

   Although your design shows more unity than the present one, with the 
logo, and its colours, I'm having some problems with it.  I think the 
current website is good because it isn't tring to achieve a look of the 
nowadays so popular, typical portal layouts. This is a very important 
thing. NetBSD.org is simplier than that, it is something else.  Portal 
layout is one of my problems, and one of the reasons I never liked 
FreeBSD.org either.  It has grown a real cliche.
   But I also think that the design elements of your proposal are too 
artificial. These orange and gray lines for the languages' and mirrors' 
lists, and for the headers of main menu sections are not bad ideas, but 
the implementation, in my opinion, is a bit poor.  It lacks the vitality 
of NetBSD.org.

   Frankly, I wouldn't be happy with such replacements for the current 
NetBSD site.


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