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Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:2, Interesting)
by Urban Existentialist
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on Tuesday January 30, @06:00PM EST
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| Lets face it, Freshmeat is basically an FTP site. I don't want fancy graphics, editorials, members areas, hottubs and god knows what. I'me getting fed up of all that shit. I just want something easily viewable in lynx that will allow me to search for the files I want! Freshmeat are becoming another yahoo, and losing site of their central purpose. The problem is, that the linux community revolves around a few sites such as freshmeat and /., and these sites appear to be losing thier identity. Identity is important - it defines who we are as a community. But I fear that the Linux cummunity will lose out and the whims of the marketing department at Andover.net will win again. Its a damn shame.
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30, @06:10PM EST
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Create your own freshmeat copy. Then complain when it changes :)
Have a nice day!
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30, @06:11PM EST
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I agree. I go to freshmeat for files,
not articles.
I don't use X when I use Linux
so if it ain't pro-Lynx I don't go there.
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:2, Funny)
by Karn on Tuesday January 30, @06:35PM EST
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WTF are you some kind of wuss?
Real men use telnet: It comes with everything, it's super lightweight, and I don't get all those stupid graphics and ads.. Sure, it takes some getting used to with having to parse HTML in your head, in real time, but it really does make browsing much better.
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:1)
by Digital_Fiend
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on Tuesday January 30, @06:12PM EST
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"fancy graphics"?! if you want fancy graphics, go to http://surfstation.lu or designgraphik.com or any other of the sites linked to by places like k10k.net and threeoh.com...not freshmeat.
you are obviously very ignorant of web design if that webpage, which is mostly text, is too "fancy" for you. chill out.
oh, your webpage is a wonderful model of accessibility and usability, by the way. blue links on black = reaaaaaaal readable. everyone should make crappy webpages with bad use of color (and HTML) like yours!
why the hell did this message get moderated up?
also, what if the purpose can change to become a better one?
finally, lynx sucks.
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30, @06:17PM EST
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Actually, Freshmeat should have a hottub. And
free beer.
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:1)
by Nodatadj
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on Tuesday January 30, @06:19PM EST
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Bit like Deja.com, which went from a amazing way to search Usenet, to a really shit portal about buying stuff with their unique service relegated to a small "search usenet" link at the bottom, and now, it's back to being the usenet search engine because EBay bought out the shit part.
Yey Ebay
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:1)
by HaggiZ on Tuesday January 30, @06:20PM EST
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I'd have to say that I could not be any further opposed to this viewpoint
When I go looking for software for my red hat install, I dont wanna just be opening a page and getting the results of an ls. Could just use sunsite or a public ftp server for that.
No, instead I want a yahoo like thing. So I type in "ICQ" in the search box, and up comes a list of instant messaging programs. I can click on each one, have a decent read about what it does, features, bugs, latest release, how it compates, and chose the relevant package for myself. Dagnabbit, I can even click a link to go to a homepage and see some screen shots if I want.
And then when I'm bored and feel like using up some of my precious /usr/bin and other parts of my drive with something other that MP3 I can just go a browsing, read some reviews, and give what looks like some decent software a try.
If I want software for my windows machine I know the first place I always go is Tucows, and thats because of the reviews and editorials they have on almost every product. I dont wanna spend an hour and a half on my dial-up to install something that is a lemon and will be blown away quicker than it installed.
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Oh for the love of.... (Score:2)
by Gen-GNU
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on Tuesday January 30, @06:20PM EST
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| Freshmeat is not an FTP site. It is a portal site. It provides a search functionality, and provides links to locations which match the search pattern. It also provides info on what you can expect to find when you follow the link.
The links surround a common theme, software. Some of it is free, some Free, some both, some neither. A discussion area is provided to discuss the software at the end of the link.
If you want an FTP site, use sunsite. For those of us who like some info before we spend the dload time, freashmeat is wonderful.
(BTW, great new look!)
You know the Nazis had pieces of flair they made the Jews wear. -P. Gibbons
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Re:Oh for the love of.... (Score:1)
by vidarh
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on Wednesday January 31, @10:22AM EST
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| Do you read their features? They all center around
Freshmeats common theme: Software.
I rarely read them myself, but it doesn't bother
me to see them linked. In fact I'd like to see
more articles specifically about software and
software development linked from Freshmeat. Perhaps
add a new category for them.
And IIRC, one of the new things with the new Freshmeat design is that if you register you're able to filter what's shown on the front page in
much the same way as with Slashdot, so it shouldn't
hinder those who aren't interested.
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:1)
by cheeser on Tuesday January 30, @06:25PM EST
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| wonk wonk wonk. go somewhere else then ( e.g., rpmfind) The linux community may revolve around a few sites, but that's because their good. When they're not that way anymore, we'll move on ( e.g., linux.org and all its controversy ). I like having the histories, reviews, comments, and the like. Complaining about a free service. sheesh!
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:1)
by Moofie
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on Tuesday January 30, @06:26PM EST
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Damn, Taco is right. If you don't like Freshmeat's free of cost (to you) service, feel free to not use it. They're not responsible to you, they don't have to do what you want them to.
I think that they provide a fantastic service, at no cost to me. If they can do that, and make a buck or two in the bargain, more power to them. If you don't like it, build your own. They give you the bloody source code...
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Re:Too much design, too feature laden. (Score:1)
by herugaur on Tuesday January 30, @06:29PM EST
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I just finished looking at freshmeat with lynx, which is currently my primary browser. Looks a hell of a lot better to me. Everything is more organized and there is much less garbage at the top to deal with. I don't really see what the problem is.
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