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> RMS is a brand No, he's a person, trying to live the life he wants - just like everyone else. That he is talked about does not make him a brand. GNU is his b
by pb9lrpweu 11y ago
> RMS is a brand
No, he's a person, trying to live the life he wants - just like everyone else. That he is talked about does not make him a brand. GNU is his brand.
> The jarring "Oh the CSS hasn't loaded" moment is precisely what he wants you to experience.
Actually, Stallman's website has been around for decades - as has the GNU project - and his sites have always been very plain. I don't think I'd describe consistent apathy for gimmick as a gimmick.
> The kind of people who visit his site know how to use reading mode on their browser
What's reading mode?
- thrownaway122 11y ago> What's reading mode? I think that it is something invented by the people that have pushed for huge javascript monstrosity websites so that they can avoid the javascript monstrosities...
- dredmorbius 11y ago"Reading mode" on Safari is an integrated support for Readability (http://www.readability.org http://www.readability.org), which presents a minimally styled, highly readable, Web page. I prefer a strongly similar design for my own sites.