Editing OSNews (section)

==Function==
Besides its main site, OSNews previously detected hundreds of mobile browsers and handsets<ref name="osnews"/> and redirected them to a specially formatted cHTML version of the website at mobile.osnews.com. Eugenia Loli-Queru, the author of this script, open sourced it in 2008.<ref name="osnews5">{{cite web |title=Open Sourcing OSNews' Mobile Detection Kit |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/19681/Open_Sourcing_OSNews_Mobile_Detection_Kit |access-date=2014-04-04 |publisher=osnews.com}}</ref>

The editors contribute original articles and manage the submissions of news bits, articles, editorial comments and reviews that are submitted by readers. OSNews serves daily 275,000 page views on average (as of October 2005).{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Like other technology news sites such as [[Slashdot]], it has a free user/[[subscription]] model, and allows viewers to add commentary to articles. In 2005, OSNews published version&nbsp;3 of its website, which includes an all-new commenting engine. Instead of reporting comments to moderators, this system now relies on votes. Readers can vote comments up or down, and readers can set a score threshold, which can eliminate the down-voted comments from view.

In late 2007, version 4 was launched, which completely overhauled the backend of the website, and was followed by version&nbsp;4.1<ref name="osnews6">{{cite web |title=At Long Last... A New Look for OSNews |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/19235/At_Long_Last..._A_New_Look_for_OSNews |access-date=2014-04-04 |publisher=osnews.com}}</ref> which added a brand new theme and look to the website.

On February 12, 2007, managing editor Thom Holwerda published the 1.0 version of the OSNews Style Guide.<ref name="osnews7">{{cite web |title=The OSNews Style Guide v1.0 |url=https://www.osnews.com/story.php/17241/The-OSNews-Style-Guide-v1.0 |access-date=2014-04-04 |publisher=osnews.com}}</ref> This [[style guide]] is licensed under a [[Creative Commons]] [[license]] so that other websites and publications can use and adapt the guide to their liking. OSNews is one of the few sites of its kind with such a style guide.

In January 2008, Thom Holwerda launched ''Focus Shift'',<ref name="osnews8">{{cite web |title=OSNews Announces Focus Shift |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/19231/OSNews_Announces_Focus_Shift |access-date=2014-04-04 |publisher=osnews.com}}</ref> a webcomic based on the various news items OSNews carries. ''Focus Shift'' was updated tri-weekly, until it was discontinued in mid-2008.