On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Amir Karger wrote:
[...]
> And I think a smaller home page is better: loads faster, less
> clutter, gets the important information (new versions, other news) across
> better.
Good thinking.
[...]
> 3) A number of people were unhappy a few months ago with the old "What is
> LyX" description ("LyX is a free program that provides a more modern
> approach..."). However, that lingo is still on the home page. Should I
> change it to the first paragraph of the PR?
>
> LyX is an advanced open source document processor running on many Unix
> platforms. It is called a "document processor", because unlike standard word
> processors, LyX encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of
> your documents, not their appearance. LyX lets you concentrate on writing,
> leaving details of visual layout to the software. LyX automates formatting
> according to predefined rule sets, yielding consistency throughout even the
> most complex documents. LyX produces high quality, professional output --
> using LaTeX, an open source, industrial strength typesetting engine, in the
> background.
I thought we agreed months ago to change to the PR paragraph(s).
Martin do you have a HTMLised version of the PR because I'd like to add a
copy to my web site -- however with so many revisions at the time I don't
seem to have kept the final release. This would then replace the ancient
v0.12 release page I currently provide for visitors to my web pages :(
> I know noone really cares about this, but we ought to make sure the face we
> present to the world looks nice.
Don't be too disheartened Amir. Just make the changes you see fit -- if
someone doesn't like them then they can flame^H^H^H^H^H^H complain to you
postfact ;-)
Allan. (ARRae)
