Re: [freenet-dev] Thoughts on website

2015-11-06 Thread hyazinthe
The dark background is fine. Functionally the current setting ain't that bad, and aside of that the dark background is a nice change. Consider that one aspect of beauty is rarity and relations: If everything looks alike (white background) across the internet, then that look is not interesting or

Re: [freenet-dev] Thoughts on website

2015-11-06 Thread hyazinthe
Youtube does dark background for saving energy once a year. So, not only at least one big website uses dark background, it's also good for the environment. Additionally, functionality really isn't a problem with current dark background. Reasons: - mostly there is less text / no huge text deserts

Re: [freenet-dev] Thoughts on website

2015-11-06 Thread xor
On Friday, November 06, 2015 03:55:46 PM Ian wrote: > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 5:33 PM, xor wrote: > > On Thursday, November 05, 2015 03:35:30 PM Ian wrote: > > > Really? It looks nothing like a typical Bootstrap site. I think it > > > > might > > > > > have been better

Re: [freenet-dev] Thoughts on website

2015-11-06 Thread Ian
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:54 PM, wrote: > Youtube does dark background for saving energy once a year. > I'm pretty sure that isn't true. Not only does it not make any sense whatsoever, but I can't find anything to back that up. Can you support that claim? So, not only at

Re: [freenet-dev] Thoughts on website

2015-11-06 Thread Ian
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:23 PM, wrote: > The dark background is fine. Functionally the current setting ain't that > bad, and aside of that the dark background > is a nice change. Consider that one aspect of beauty is rarity and > relations: > If everything looks alike (white

Re: [freenet-dev] Thoughts on website

2015-11-06 Thread Ian
On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 5:15 PM, xor wrote: > On Thursday, November 05, 2015 03:40:31 PM Ian wrote: > > Also, I think the current site is worse than the version during testing > due > > to the placement of the donation bar, which it is clear is causing > > significant

[freenet-dev] Things Before 1471 Release

2015-11-06 Thread Steve Dougherty
Hi everyone, Here's my current understanding of the things Fred needs before 1471 will have -pre3 / is probably stable and feature-complete. If you're looking for something to do, doing one of these would be great! 1. When updating to a suggested version, plugins (especially ones necessary to

Re: [freenet-dev] Thoughts on website

2015-11-06 Thread xor
On Friday, November 06, 2015 12:40:41 AM Steve Dougherty wrote: > Out of respect for you instead of just moving it I have published it as > a pull request: https://github.com/freenet/website/pull/22 That's kind of you! You have my ACK to merge that. Both you and Ian provided enough reasons that

Re: [freenet-dev] Thoughts on website

2015-11-06 Thread Ian
On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 5:33 PM, xor wrote: > On Thursday, November 05, 2015 03:35:30 PM Ian wrote: > > Really? It looks nothing like a typical Bootstrap site. I think it > might > > have been better to stick much more closely to the standard Bootstrap CSS > > (eg.

Re: [freenet-dev] Thoughts on website

2015-11-06 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Am Freitag, 6. November 2015, 00:40:41 schrieb Steve Dougherty: > I'd like to move it below the download button anyway. Same for me. Also “we have the right to” is no viable argument for doing something which does not work. Best wishes, Arne -- Celebrate with ye beauty and gather yer friends