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[Travis McCrea <me AT travismccrea.com>]

"No offense, but I think you are fat"
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"What?! I said no offense!"

Peter Green wrote:
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>> 40+, not creative or still uses window 98.
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> For saying you mean no offence, you sure push the limits!
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> Yes, I did the current theme, I am 40+ but the most insulting part is that 
> you say I must be using windblow$ 98! I stuck with 3.1 it rocks! ;-)
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> Seriously, you make many good points, all of which will be thrown into to 
> the mix, thanks!
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> Peter
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> nanashiRei <nanashi.rei AT gmail.com> wrote:
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>> That theme is good, right. But we really should abstract a little from
>> the original. I know we are not selling stuff here at OpenNIC, however
>> we do still need to "sell" the idea right. And, no offense, whoever did
>> the current theme is either 40+, not creative or still uses window 98.
>> Sure sounds a little harsh, but when you want to distribute information
>> about something you got think about marketing strategies. That includes
>> dropping your own wishes for the media style. Of course there should be
>> elements that identify you/your project in a unique way, but if the
>> user
>> that lands on your page finds it unattractive, then he will,
>> statistically proven, leaven within the first 45 seconds of his visit.
>> One major problem with most page, and also opennicproject.org, is wrong
>> alignment of content, wrong use of font size, wrong amount of text on
>> the index page and uninviting colors.
>>
>> OpenNIC is a alternative DNS project, not a blog. Therefore i think the
>> landing page should **NOT** be a blog, forum or news list. It should be
>> a presentational one-page setup that nails down what opennic is and
>> what
>> to gain from it. And do it in less then 100 words! (This is the amount
>> of words where users do statistically stop reading your page if they're
>> not convinced by then.) There still can be links in a
>> sidebar/navigation
>> to a blog/forum/wiki, but as said that's not the main concern opennic
>> has for it's main page.
>>
>> I personally was left with this first impression, until Nico H. told me
>> more about you guys and what this is about:
>>
>>> "What is this? Looks like something that was abandoned long ago."
>> Again, no offense here, i'm the annoying user-type that thinks:
>>
>> - A new design every year is common
>> - New things are always cool (also windows 8!)
>> - People that reject new things should stay off the Internet
>> - People that think that javascript is a security problem should die
>> (well not literally but some education would be good)
>>
>> /shit-storm-end/
>>
>> Am 04.12.2012 11:59, schrieb Peter Green:
>>> @Travis I am sorry your input was rejected back then and I am happy
>> you still wish to contribute. From my point at least, I think it was
>> because I had already started work on the current theme.
>>> I have always liked the clean professional look of your site and I
>> hope we can build something as fresh and as accessible for OpenNIC now.
>>> The responsive theme you link to looks very interesting and when I
>> get to a computer tonight I will be studying it, thanks.
>>> Can you send me some information about the API you mention please,
>> maybe off list?
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
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