Re: [gNewSense-users] Website skin updated

[Karl Goetz]

On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:11:26 -0500
auto generate <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi.

> no not massively complex.  just add a button to take somebody to a
> little window that explains stuff, for example what's a torrent,
> what's a mirror, maybe just put a link there instead of a definition.

Do you have an understanding of whats involved, or are you just telling
me its easy? (if its easy, I'm not against someone doing it ...)

> 
> you really don't understand what i'm saying in this series of emails,
> do you?  you have thought i'm a troll, that i don't know how to ask

Perhaps I dont. Heres what I understand you to be saying:
- you had trouble with some words on the website
- gns.o isnt educational enough
- "someone" should make any word that might be hard to understand into
a link to some explanatory text (link == not to hard, pop up box stuff
== harder).
- you've had trouble using gNewSense
- perhaps a few other points that haven't sprung to mind.

> smart questions, etc. etc.  what's up with all that?  are you a
> grumpy sort of person?  if i was the only one having trouble, maybe

Maybe. Maybe I'm also the one who gets told lots of things that should
happen, and very few offers of help.

> that would be different, but others on this list seem to understand
> that non-geeks such as myself have a hard time.  why don't you?  and
> others seem to understand that some kind of consideration could be
> used for non-technical people. why don't you?  

I do have some 'some kind of consideration', except I also consider that
its most likely going to be a technical person who implements it
(whatever level of difficulty), as all the 'non geeks' cry "its to
hard".

> 
> i thought this users list was for general discussion.  am i wrong
> about that?  i can easily stop being active here.  i don't need
> trouble and grief from anyone.  life is hard enough.

Yes, its a general discussion list. Anything happened here that makes
you think its not?
kk

Ps.
In Evolution pressing Ctrl+L uses 'reply to list', so you needn't
'reply all'. AFAIK this is an undocumented or poorly documented
feature. Thought it might be handy in your future list using :)

-- 
Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian user / gNewSense contributor
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
No, I won't join your social networking group

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