Curtis Napier posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on Mon, 08 May 2006 17:42:29 -0400:
> > I've been around since the beginning and have fond memories of Larry > just like the rest of you. I wasn't planning on getting rid of him. > > In fact, I was planning on using him a little more for other things. I > already used him for a custom error page[1] and was planning on working > him into other places on the website. Presently the only place Larry is > mentioned in any way shape or form is in that stupid (Yes, *STUPID*) > poster on the about page. > > [1]http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org/error.html I wondered about the "stupid" poster, myself. I don't quite have the sentimental value some seem to for him, but use in an error page and the like seems at least logical -- connected to something. However, I tried the above link and to my great disappointment, saw no Larry. Just a more or less normal 404 page. I surf with images off by default, so I thought that was it and turned them on, to no avail. Ahh... Turned off my filters that enforce light on dark, and tried again. There he is! Maybe he showed up the first time, but as I had enforced a dark background (and light text), I couldn't see him. Suggestion: Both he and the UFO guy have some value in Gentoo history, agreed. It's not always obvious to a new user what that might be, however. Whenever they are used, it might be a good idea to have them link to a history page explaining a bit about them, what they mean to Gentoo, how they became a part of Gentoo, etc. That would be a very good place IMO to put the traditional Larry with text and the like. As it is, the error page with just the Larry icon again leaves one with the question of just what it has to do with anything. Also, maybe a caption on the page. Larry is confused! Or something similar. If there's such a caption now, I missed it too. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
