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[Brian Koontz <brian AT opennicproject.org>]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 01:08:32AM -0400, Aaron J. Angel wrote:
> On 08/16/2012 12:28 AM, Brian Koontz wrote:
> > It was never intended to be pretty or public-facing. It's intended to
> > be functional. Is there anything specific you have in mind besides the
> > generic "not human friendly" tag? --Brian 
> 
> - one row per server

Not enough real estate.  The two-row format was specifically designed
so that logging and comments could be included.

> - more relevant columns at the ends; e.g., country/state to the left and
> status to the right

Personal preference.

> - sort status before country and state or separate tables for status

Click on the column header.

> - simpler statuses; 'temp outage' wraps due to a space; why not just 'down'?

Legacy stats in use.  

> - is last verified always the same for all?  if so, could be moved to
> the top

Not if a server wasn't verified for some reason.

> - contact info or links

Available to admins.  Some T2 operators don't want their contact info
made available to the public.

> (I can't tell if Neo, NovaKing and Syndicat are companies or personal
> handles.)

Neither can I.  As long as we accept pseudonyms, this will always be
an issue.  Since I have no way of verifying the true identity of any
T2 operator, it's a moot point.  Possibly one day I might get around
to implementing the "web of trust" idea in which T2's are ranked in
trustworthiness based upon their GPG key's "distance" from a known
anchor point (such as a digital signature from one or more admins).
Until then, this is the best we have.

  --Brian

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