From ce7a4c3a8a4907b1aaccc7ed12edc8eab4dd20a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Enrico Fasoli Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 17:06:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] better wording --- webapp/components/settings.jsx | 6 ++--- webapp/landing.md | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++------------- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/webapp/components/settings.jsx b/webapp/components/settings.jsx index dee9ad9..a752d1e 100644 --- a/webapp/components/settings.jsx +++ b/webapp/components/settings.jsx @@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ module.exports = function(boards){ return (

Settings

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This page is still a little rough, but it works. Reload the page after saving to apply changes.
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Use this page to customize the application's behavior. For now, you can change how it connects to IPFS.

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All settings are saved in your browser.

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Choose how the prototype connects to IPFS
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In the future, this won't be necessary because IPFS will run in your browser.

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All settings are saved in your browser's localStorage.

diff --git a/webapp/landing.md b/webapp/landing.md index 926bdee..3f48f8b 100644 --- a/webapp/landing.md +++ b/webapp/landing.md @@ -50,17 +50,22 @@ it do something new?
+---- + ## 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 -
Yeah we totally need a better name
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Boards is a distributed social platform built for the browser +using the IPFS protocol
@@ -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.
@@ -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.
@@ -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.
-#### We're doing this because we believe that Social Platforms can become more than what they are now +---- -
Help us step into the next generation of the Internet
+#### We're just trying to build something nice + +
Help us getting it to work
+ + ----