> -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Leggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bye bye welcome page
> Joshua Slive wrote: > >> My opinion is that the shorter message is better because, by the fact >> that it gives no information at all, it is less likely to be >> misinterpreted to mean something that the website owner doesn't intend. >> >> I won't object if someone wants to put another piece of text there, as >> long as it doesn't start us back on the same road we left 5+ years ago >> with this page. > In that case why not just have the default page be an empty drectory > listing? > If I was a newbie, and I saw a page that says `it worked`, my immediate > reaction would be `what worked?` and I would start asking the exact > questions we`re trying to stop people from asking. We can always go with simply displaying a meaningless word like 'Waboozle'. Sander
