[9fans] 9front hardware list

[9fans] 9front hardware list

[Dworkin Muller]

This is probably the wrong place for this, but I'm trying to
understand why 9front's FQA supported hardware list (specifically, desktop
and laptop systems) points to a for-sale list of a Lenovo ThinkPad, a
Sun Ultra 5, and a bunch of keyboards.

https://fqa.9front.org/fqa3.html#3.2.5
-> http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/hardware/

Dworkin

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Re: [9fans] 9front hardware list

[Dworkin Muller]

On Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:46:16 -0400, sl@stanleylieber.com wrote:
sl> 2.) the specific url points to a top-level directory containing that
sl> same comprehensive list.  look at the menu links on the left side of
sl> the page.
sl> 
sl> 3.) i sometimes sell hardware.  i put a short list of stuff in that
sl> same top-level directory's index page (plan9 -> stanleylieber ->
sl> hardware; it makes sense if you think about it).

Kinda sorta ;-)

You might want to put a one-liner at the top of the index page (right
after the ``hardware'' label that comes before the ``come and take
it'' image) along the lines of ``please find information about
specific makers/brands/whatever in the menu at left''.  For whatever
reason, it wasn't obvious that the brands were subordinate to the
landing page; they looked to be at the same level.  This is quite
possibly a rendering quirk of my browser, which shows such menus fully
expanded rather than as a cascade that you pull a mouse through.  The
large image and ``FOR SALE'' right under it may have acted to distract
me from rendering niceties on the left, as well.

So, quite possibly purely a user error at my end, but it might not
hurt to be more explicit.  Just a suggestion, of course.

Thanks for the explanation.

Dworkin

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