Rewrite of the HTL *about* page

The *about* page should only address higher-level issues that are important to
each user.

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>

1 files changed, 85 insertions, 51 deletions

diff --git a/searx/templates/__common__/about.html b/searx/templates/__common__/about.html
index 3f702e63f..c912a8bd2 100644
--- a/searx/templates/__common__/about.html
+++ b/searx/templates/__common__/about.html
@@ -1,62 +1,96 @@
 <div{% if rtl %} dir="ltr"{% endif %}>
-    <h1>About <a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">searx</a></h1>
+  <h1>About <a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">searx</a></h1>
 
-    <p>Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>, aggregating the results of other <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">search engines</a> while not storing information about its users.
-    </p>
-    <h2>Why use searx?</h2>
-    <ul>
-        <li>searx may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't generate a profile about you</li>
-        <li>searx doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third party, and it can't be used to compromise you</li>
-        <li>searx is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it better. See more on <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">github</a></li>
-    </ul>
-    <p>If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe
-    in digital freedom, make searx your default search engine or run it on your own server</p>
+  <p>
+    Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
+    aggregating the results of other <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">search engines</a>
+    while not storing information about its users.
+  </p>
 
-<h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2>
+  <p>More about searx ...</p>
 
-<p>Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
-inspired by the <a href="https://beniz.github.io/seeks/">seeks project</a>.<br />
-It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs, nor your url history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception, searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.<br />
-Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default search engine.
-</p>
-
-<h2>How can I make it my own?</h2>
-
-<p>Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">code</a> and run it yourself! <br />Add your Searx to this <a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}">list</a> to help other people reclaim their privacy and make the Internet freer!
-<br />The more decentralized the Internet is, the more freedom we have!</p>
-
-
-<h2>More about searx</h2>
-
-<ul>
+  <ul>
     <li><a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">github</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Searx_engine">twitter</a></li>
     <li>IRC: #searx @ freenode (<a href="https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.com/searx">webclient</a>)</li>
     <li><a href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/searx/">transifex</a></li>
-</ul>
-
-
-<hr />
-
-<h2 id="faq">FAQ</h2>
-
-<h3>How to add to firefox?</h3>
-<p><a href="#" onclick="window.external.AddSearchProvider(window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + '{{ url_for('opensearch') }}');">Install</a> searx as a search engine on any version of Firefox! (javascript required)</p>
-
-<h2 id="dev_faq">Developer FAQ</h2>
-
-<h3>New engines?</h3>
-<ul>
-    <li>Edit your <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/blob/master/searx/settings.yml">settings.yml</a></li>
-    <li>Create your custom engine module, check the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/blob/master/examples/basic_engine.py">example engine</a></li>
-</ul>
-<p>Don't forget to restart searx after config edit!</p>
-
-<h3>Installation/WSGI support?</h3>
-<p>See the <a href="{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}/admin/installation.html#uwsgi">installation and uwsgi setup</a></p>
-
-<h3>How to debug engines?</h3>
-<p><a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">Stats page</a> contains some useful data about the engines used.</p>
+  </ul>
+
+  <hr />
+
+  <h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2>
+
+  <p>
+    Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
+    inspired by the <a href="https://beniz.github.io/seeks/">seeks project</a>.
+
+    It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other
+    platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request
+    on every browser (except chrome*).  Therefore they show up in neither our
+    logs, nor your url history.  In case of Chrome* users there is an exception,
+    searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.
+
+    Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as
+    the default search engine.
+  </p>
+
+  <h2>Why use searx?</h2>
+
+  <ul>
+    <li>
+      Searx may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't
+      generate a profile about you.
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Searx doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a
+      third party, and it can't be used to compromise you.
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Searx is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it
+      better.  See more on <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">github</a>.
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+  <p>
+    If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise
+    believe in digital freedom, make searx your default search engine or run it
+    on your own server
+  </p>
+
+  <h2 id='add to browser'>Can it be set as the default search engine?</h2>
+
+  <dt>Firefox</dt>
+
+  <dd>
+    <a href="#" onclick="window.external.AddSearchProvider(window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + '{{ url_for('opensearch') }}');">Install</a>
+    searx as a search engine on any version of Firefox! (javascript required)
+  </dd>
+
+  <h2>How to debug engines?</h2>
+
+  <p>
+    <a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">Stats page</a> contains some useful data about the engines used.
+  </p>
+
+  <h2>How can I make it my own?</h2>
+
+  <p>
+    Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the
+    code from the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">orgin searx projekct</a> and
+    run it yourself!
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    Add your searx instance to this <a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}"> list
+    of public searx instances</a> to help other people reclaim their privacy and
+    make the Internet freer!  The more decentralized the Internet is, the more
+    freedom we have!
+  </p>
+
+  <h2>Where are the docs & code of this instance?</h2>
+
+  <p>
+    See the <a href="{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}">{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}</a>
+    and <a href="{{ brand.GIT_URL }}">{{ brand.GIT_URL }}</a>
+  </p>
 
 </div>
 {% include "__common__/aboutextend.html" ignore missing %}