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[Haifux] Re: Syscalltrack Site

Orna Agmon
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 07:54:40 -0700

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Shlomi Fish wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Orna Agmon wrote:
>
> > The syscalltrack site has gone through a face lift, you are welcome to
> > comment, suggest, speak up, etc.
> >
> > http://syscalltrack.sourceforge.net/
> >
> >
>
> Several comments:
>
> 1. Please avoid the following non-human friendly and non search engine
> friendly URLs:
>
> 
>http://syscalltrack.sourceforge.net/index.php?Frame=how.html&Name=How%20to%20get%20it?
>
> Use something like http://syscalltrack.sf.net/how.html or how.phtml

the %20 marks are there for lynx and netscape 4.76 compatibility. i
checked the site against those, besides checking it against mozilla (and
finally, even ie, when i got to work).

the parameters are required for the php to work right. you can go to
http://syscalltrack.sourceforge.net/how.html, and you will get the naked
html. (no menu, no colors, no headings).


>
> 2. I'd rather not have a black background. Can it be the other way around?
>

is there anybody but me who thinks that having an other-than-white bg is
more interesting, and that books were made to be black on white, and
screens were made to be white on black? (radiation-> ergonomic
considerations-> less tiring for the eyes).

> 3. Please switch the HTML to X/HTML + CSS.
>
a. muli replied to that already, in the DIY manner.
b. php opens a wide range of possibilities, a lot wider than static pages,
no matter how they are styled.


> 4. I'd rather have the site pre-processed than generated on the fly,
> unless there is a compelling reason to make it dynamic. Check out
> WebMetaLanguage:
>
> http://www.engelschall.com/sw/wml/
>
> Regards,
>
>       Shlomi Fish
>
>
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