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Ah yes, the kind of professionalism I've come to expect from OpenBSD. They make decent software, but boy could they use some work in the PR department.
by zorbo 13y ago
Ah yes, the kind of professionalism I've come to expect from OpenBSD. They make decent software, but boy could they use some work in the PR department.
- mykhal 13y agoi guess it was designed by theo@ himself )
- q3k 13y agoI'd rather have great software and shitty PR than the recent trend of obnoxiously beautiful landing pages for “world-changing” shitty web apps.
- Gigablah 13y agoI'd settle for great software and an innocuous, professional landing page. Let's have standards, people.
- antocv 13y agolibressl.org is the most professional landing page a project could ever have, what more do you want blink tags hero unigs, marketing spots, slideshows?? Every sentence and paragraph on that page is meaningful, unlike _any_ modern web crap app/mvp where visitor has to click and mock about just to find what the hell the page/project is about. Here its in the first sentence and you cant miss it.
- Semaphor 13y agoAnd they could make it look decent by replacing Comic Sans with Arial, Times or something similarly simple. You can't tell me they used Comic for any reason but to annoy people.
- sp332 13y agoThey used Comic to make a joke about annoying hipsters, not to actually annoy anyone.
- vayarajesh 13y agoMay be you missed to read the footer of the page.. the last line, Infact they are also trying to make the same point as you said (why not use Arial or Times and get rid of comic sans)
- zorbo 13y agoYou can have great software without insulting half the internet and being an immature brat. A beautiful landing page is optional.
- copergi 13y ago>You can have great software without insulting half the internet You overestimate how many web hipsters there are. And annoying them is not "being an immature brat". It is precisely to discourage their involvement. Because the mentality behind the web fads are precisely why the entire world of software is layers upon layers of shit stacked on top of each other.
- hiphopyo 13y agoWith a PhD in architecture, design and branding, there's something about the extreme simplicity of OpenBSD's web pages that I find really attractive. "Perfection is achieved, not when there's nothing left to add, but when there's nothing left to take away".
- vayarajesh 13y agoI am not sure if anyone noticed the footer of the page. It not the PR's fault or anything to blame PR. Its just a link for donation :).. they are trying to improve the standards of the web by wanting/helping to get rid of comic sans font
- rubyfan 13y agoI just donated because of that little line at the bottom of the page. I think it is that extra character from the OpenBSD team that I love... The fact that are are true and opinionated and no bullshit. Real character is hard to find these days.
- twic 13y agoI like the fact that OpenBSD has professional implementation but unprofessional presentation. It makes it easy to distinguish from FreeBSD.