On Fri, 25 May 2001, Allan Rae wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2001, John Levon wrote: > > > > > Is it OK for me to convert all the GIFs on lyx.org to PNGs ? > > > > I doubt anyone runs a browser these days that can't handle PNG > > (well except transparent PNGs). > > png or jpg should be okay. But we don't use gif89 (?the copyright > problem one?) so what are going to save? if lucky a couple of hundred > bytes. oh OK I see. > > And "Alternate LyX sites" should IMHO just say Mirrors, and the > > other net things should be elsewhere. We should have obvious clear > > sections for the most common things in the sidebar. > > Trouble is "Mirrors" aren't just mirrors. They really are alternate LyX > sites. My (out-of-date) LyX pages aren't a mirror for example. hence the phrase "other net things should be elsewhere". The majority of people coming to the site won't want to look at your pages, they want to download a tarball and try it out. So we should have "quick fixes" as a priority. > I've seen a couple of sites lately that I'd like to steal some ideas from. > These two have a nice feel about them: > > http://www.windowmaker.org > http://movingparts.thelinuxcommunity.org/bbkeys.shtml I agree ;) > Anyway, we also need to go for a proper HTML-4.01 site rather than the > transitional hodge-podge we have now. We also need someone who can draw > or at least is artistic enough to composite (?) suitable artwork. definitely not me then :)) thanks john -- "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth."
