Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> I wrote:
>>> The main page (www.postgresql.org/) no longer states anywhere
>>> except in the top banner graphic what exactly PostgreSQL *is*.
>>> ...
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> Joshua D .Drake replied:
>> I don't agree. Most people know what PostgreSQL is. People will
>> also not likely "fall" upon us.
>
> I stand by my assertion: the main page should absolutely say
> what Postgres is. Take a look at what other .org projects have
> as the first text on their pages:
I am not disagreeing with that :) I am saying we shouldn't use the nice
big box to do it. Not to mention our site does say it... right at the
top on the right hand side.
http://www.postgresql.org/
"The world's most advance open source database."
So what is the problem? ;0
> http://www.perl.org/
> "Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language..."
>
> http://www.php.org/
> "PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language..."
> Amen to that. We could certainly be using our screen real estate more
> effectively as well: see www.python.org for a good example. There's
> more I could say about the page, but I want to keep this thread focused
> on getting some "who we are" text back on the main page, as soon as possible.
See above ;)
Joshua D. Drake
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