Resending to cc the email list: On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 11:01 PM Jim Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback! > > Yes, I plan to offer links to download DOS apps and games from each of the > 4 tiles when you click on them for more information. If the app is open > source or gratis, I’ll provide a direct link. For other apps (classic > shareware, etc) I’ll link to an archive site somewhere. That will include > Internet Archive and other sites (look on our current Links page, it’s > pretty much that - I want to get rid of the generic Links page with this > redesign.) That should help people who are interested in playing DOS games > to actually find games. > > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 10:25 PM Andrew Robins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Jim - >> looks good to me - the introductory/springboard page looks neat and >> inviting, without undue clutter. I don't know whether this has been >> mentioned before - the Internet Archive not only has a repository of loads >> of MS-DOS games, but also you can play the games within your modern browser >> (! e.g., https://archive.org/details/msdos_Pac-Man_1983). And there are >> others (e.g., https://www.playdosgames.com/). There are drawbacks with >> such an avenue of course, but it may encourage those new to FreeDOS to have >> a dedicated method to play classic games offline. >> Just my 2c >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, at 11:08 AM, Jim Hall wrote: >> >> >> Hi everyone! I mentioned in another email that I'm working on a few >> changes to the FreeDOS website. The goals in this update are to make things >> easier to find, to improve accessibility, and to make it easier to share >> news items to social media. >> >> I've updated the test site based on your feedback from last time, and I'd >> like to know what you think of the new version. >> >> http://test.freedos.org/ >> >> However, not everything is working yet! Specifically, most "sub-pages" >> (links to other pages on this site) will put you on a plain text page with >> a description of *what the page will be about*. So if you get a "plain >> text page," it's just not updated yet. >> >> Also: the green bar at the top of the page is *not* part of the website >> redesign. That's just meant as an alert that you are on a test site. That >> green bar will go away in the final update. >> >> >> Would you like to test the new website? There's a link in the green bar >> where you can answer some questions to provide directed feedback. You can >> email me your reply. >> >> >> (If it looks like this design works well, then my next step will be to >> apply the new design to the rest of the test website, and see how the >> "sub-pages" work with the new design.) >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> >> >>
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