Because good dee-zine-ers have read studies on what makes for eye catching displays. While the Mandrake sites' purposes are primarily to disseminate information, though as the first impression of Mandrake a non-Linux user gets, it would only benefit Mandrake's cause to have an appealing site.

Ever wonder why you're beta testing a Linux distro instead of doing ad campaigns for Fortune 500 companies?
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Digital "Top Post Happy" Wokan


Felix Miata wrote:
> Why must dee-zine-ers assume that their choices are better than users'?
> By allowing the users' choice instead of overriding, new users of
> Mandrake can see what the Mandrake defaults look like. ;-)
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote:
In this case functionality does not dictate that the default fonts look
bad.  It is possible, and preferred, to have good form and function at
the same time.
Han Boetes wrote:
Exactly. Let people choose their own favourite font-sets. Once
again. This is not an art-site. It needs to be functional.






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