----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale R. Worley" <worley@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ietf@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:10 PM > > From: "t.p." <daedulus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > I was concerned when I first heard of this that it would result in a > > website that would call for flashy software on a gee-whiz device to > > be able to carry on participating in the work of the IETF. I note, > > however, that while the SOW talks of getting the work done, the SOW is > > limited to www.ietf.org. Checking History, I find I last used that when > > planning to attend IETF89 and before that, I cannot recall when. > > > > So if www.ietf.og was made gee-whiz and flashy, it would not affect me; > > I'm not entirely sure what you're saying, but if it means that somehow > the "main" web site and the "datatracker" become even more > disconnected, that's not good at all. Currently, the distinction > regarding what is on one and the other seems to be nearly arbitrary, > and it's constantly getting in my way when I try to find information. I am saying 'Leave the Datatracker Alone'! It does the job for me and as I said before, the only use I can find I made of the www.ietf.org website in my browser History was to check the details of IETF89 before booking. Mailing Lists, I-Ds, Charters, Archives, RFC, History, DISCUSS .... etc I access via the Datatracker (which is my browser's home page - used to be Google). Sometimes it lets me down - ever tried to find the tools mailing list via it? - but I suspect that any change to it would impair my ability to participate in the IETF, short term and may be long term. I think that the layout of the main www.ietf.org is poor, scrappy. (Didn't underlining go out when printers gained support for more than one font?) By contrast, I think that the IEEE website looks, well, professional. We may technically be amateurs in the IETF but we should still appear professional! Tom Petch > Dale > >