<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span> I second this motion. start.fedoraproject.org is somewhat bland looking and generally useless. There are a few</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span> fun posts to read, and obviously Fedora-related announcements, but in general the page is lacking IMHO and</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span> might put a damper on the Fedora experience for new users. It -definitely- doesn't
function very well as a search</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span> engine, especially with drop-down arrows that say stuff like "Free to use, share, or modify commercially". WTF?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span> Maybe we can be provided with a link in our favorites/bookmarks to this page, but start somewhere else? Like </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span> </span><a
href="http://fedoraproject.org/" style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://fedoraproject.org/</a> which is much nicer on the eyes, and has more interesting links and information for new</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "> users.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "> Just my two cents. I might have already put it in, but here it is again.</div><div> </div><div><br>------<font size="2"><br style="font-style:italic;"></font><span id="aptureStartContent"><font size="2"><span class="body"><span style="font-style:italic;">"I am fond of them, of the inferior
beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing."</span><br><br></span></font><span class="bodybold"><font size="2">-Wagner</font></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; "><br><span id="aptureStartContent"><span class="bodybold"></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; "><span id="aptureStartContent"><span class="bodybold">"</span></span>Quien a Dios tiene, nada le falta. Solo Dios basta."</div><div><span style="font-style:italic;"><br></span><span id="aptureStartContent"><span class="bodybold"><font size="2">-Santa Teresa de Avila</font></span></span><br><span id="aptureStartContent"><span class="bodybold"></span></span><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Elad Alfassa <elad@fedoraproject.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Fedora Websites Team <websites@lists.fedoraproject.org>; Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop <desktop@lists.fedoraproject.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 5, 2012 7:21 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Drop start.fedoraproject.org in favour of about:home<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv2006498556"><div dir="ltr">This message is sent to two lists: websites and desktop.<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://start.fedoraproject.org/">start.fedoraproject.org</a> has many problems [0], mainly:<br>1) it's ugly<br>2) it
doesn't serve a clear function<br>
3) It's one of the first things people trying Fedora will see, so it'll effect their opinion about Fedora.<br clear="all"><br>I suggest we just drop this page completely and use the default firefox about:home start page instead.<br>
Thoughts?<br><br>[0] <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Start.fpo_redesign">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Start.fpo_redesign</a><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">-Elad Alfassa.</div><br>
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