On Wednesday 14 May 2003 12:39 pm, Todd Walton wrote:
> The fproxy information pages actually look quite nice in Lynx and Links,
> and one could argue that using a text only browser (or an image-disabled
> graphical browser) *is* your option to turn off the clutter.
Some people like images, but not overcrowding.
> Bandwidth is not an issue if you're accessing a node on your local
> machine, and if it's remote then the browser cache should take care of it.
CPU time and connection maxout are problems.
> It's understandable if someone "can't stand" the graphics, but "don't
> need" can always be argued. Calling it "eye-candy" is Name-calling. I
> personally feel that the extra graphics on the fproxy-generated pages
> convey information in and of themselves. The way I use and interact with
> freenet would be different if the graphics weren't there. Especially on
> the Splitfile Download page. (The Splitfile Download page scheme is a
> work of art, IMO. A sputtering little progress meter just wouldn't cut
> it for these purposes.)
I can stand it - I even like it, in limited cases like the frontpage and
splitfile download - but definitely don't need it on the error page. I think
(and will actually try and write a patch for this - it can't be that hard)
the best way is to provide both pretty and functional error pages, and have
an option to switch them.
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