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webapp/components/settings.jsx
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@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ module.exports = function(boards){
return (
<div className="settings">
<h2><Icon name="cog"/> Settings</h2>
<h5>This page is still a little rough, but it works. Reload the page after saving to apply changes.</h5>
<p>Use this page to customize the application's behavior. For now, you can change how it connects to IPFS.</p>
<p>All settings are saved in your browser.</p>
<h5>Choose how the prototype connects to IPFS</h5>
<p>In the future, this won't be necessary because IPFS will run in your browser.</p>
<p>All settings are saved in your browser's localStorage.</p>
<div className="row">
<div className="six columns">
<label htmlFor="nodeAddress">IPFS Node</label>

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@ -50,17 +50,22 @@ it do something new?
</div>
</div>
----
## How can we solve this?
We found a solution. A new Social Platform that attempts to be the first to solve
these problems: it has to allow people to express themselves, give power to control
their content, their pages and their profiles but also the freedom to live without
any rules. It has to work on all platforms, all networks, even without the
Internet and become truly universal
A new Social Platform needs to be built that attempts to be the first to solve
these problems: it has to allow people to publish their thoughs, give them power
to control their content, their pages and their profiles but also the freedom to
live without any rules. It has to work on all platforms, all networks,
even without the Internet.
----
## Introducing Boards
<h5 class="light">Yeah we totally need a better name</h5>
<h5 class="light">Boards is a distributed social platform built for the browser
using the <a href="https://ipfs.io">IPFS</a> protocol</h5>
<div class="row">
<div class="six columns">
@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ Internet and become truly universal
#### Distributed
__Every user is responsible for his own content__, Profile and Boards, but your computer
helps your friends and favourite creators (and only them) by sending their
helps your friends and favorite creators (and only them) by sending their
content to people that want to see it. __Only the original creator has control
over his data__.
@ -82,8 +87,8 @@ over his data__.
#### Efficient
There is no heavy __Blockchain__. This service is built to work everywhere from
supercomputers to smartphones to the Internet of Things. __The more users see a page,
the faster it travels to others__, making Denial of Service attack virtually impossible.
supercomputers to smartphones to embedded devices. __The more users see a page,
the faster it travels to others__, making Denial of Service attacks virtually impossible.
</div>
</div>
@ -95,10 +100,11 @@ the faster it travels to others__, making Denial of Service attack virtually imp
#### Free
__Free, as in Freedom__. __We can't put ads on this__, because they'd be too easy
to block: anyone can create his own App that connects to our service.
__We can't control anything__, because the users control the content. There
is no central service. There is only the users, their computers, and their content.
__Free, as in Freedom__. __We can't control anything__, because the users
control the content. There is no central database. There are only the users,
their computers, and their content. __We can't put ads on this__, because
they'd be too easy to block: anyone can create his own App that connects to
our service.
</div>
<div class="six columns">
@ -110,14 +116,18 @@ is no central service. There is only the users, their computers, and their conte
__We're working on this in the open__. We already have a prototype, and all our
code is _Free Software_. Got what it
takes? [Join development on GitHub](https://github.com/fazo96/ipfs-boards) and
help us build the social platform of tomorrow.
help us build the first feature complete prototype.
</div>
</div>
#### We're doing this because we believe that Social Platforms can become more than what they are now
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<h5 class="light">Help us step into the next generation of the Internet</h5>
#### We're just trying to build something nice
<h5 class="light">Help us getting it to work</h5>
<a href="https://github.com/fazo96/ipfs-boards"><i class="fa fa-github fa-3x"></i></a>
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