From b58d8cd9872b6d7937fddac9053f339836105280 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Atwood Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:33:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] more refinements --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d873600c9..b4d8ce8e1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Before you get started, ensure you have the following minimum versions: [Ruby 1. ## Vision -Discourse is the **Civilized Discourse Construction Kit**, an 100% open-source discussion platform that is free for everyone to use and contribute to -- forever. Our key mission goals: +We think of Discourse as a **Civilized Discourse Construction Kit**, an 100% open-source discussion platform that acts as a flexible, fundamental building block of most online communities of any size, from tiny to huge. Discourse is always free for everyone to use and contribute to – forever. Discourse is: - A **flattened, endlessly scrolling discussion**, which avoids the awkwardness of traditionally threaded and paginated discussion, while still allowing replies to be expanded in place for context. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Discourse is the **Civilized Discourse Construction Kit**, an 100% open-source d - A **contemporary, robust technology stack**, free of legacy PHP and MySQL constraints. -The Discourse team wishes to **foster an active community of contributors**, all of whom commit to free, simple, pleasat to use online discussion software that will thrive in an Internet age dominated by micro-blogging and diminishing attention spans. Online discussion belongs to everyone, not just huge corporate websites. +We wish to **foster an active community of contributors**, all of whom commit to free, simple, pleasant to use online discussion software that can thrive in an Internet age dominated by micro-blogging and diminishing attention spans. Civilized online discussion belongs to everyone, not just huge corporate websites. Discourse is built for the *next* 10 years of the Internet, so our requirements are high: @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Discourse is built for the *next* 10 years of the Internet, so our requirements - Firefox 16+ - Google Chrome 23+ - Safari 5+ -2. The latest generation of tablets, 7" or larger +2. The latest generation of tablets, 7" or larger: - iPad 2+ - Android 4.1+ - Windows 8