minor fixes and improvements

docs/_javascripts/katex.js

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/reference/math/#katex
-document$.subscribe(({ body }) => { 
-    renderMathInElement(body, {
-      delimiters: [
-        { left: "$$",  right: "$$",  display: true },
-        { left: "$",   right: "$",   display: false },
-        { left: "\\(", right: "\\)", display: false },
-        { left: "\\[", right: "\\]", display: true }
-      ],
-    })
-  })

docs/index.md

@@ -8,19 +8,28 @@ Software is ubiquitous in modern research and its quality has a direct impact on
 
 ## Staying Informed
 
-=== "📧 Mailing List"
+<div class="grid cards" markdown>
 
-    !!! note
-        The RSE community at PSI maintains a mailing list, [which can be subscribed to here](https://psilists.ethz.ch/sympa/info/rse).
+-   :material-email-newsletter:{ .lg .middle } __Mailling List__
 
-=== "💬 Matrix Chat Rooms"
+    ---
 
-    !!! note
-        The RSE community in Switzerland maintains a [Matrix chat room](https://matrix.to/#/#rse-ch:matrix.org) for discussions and announcements.
+    The RSE community at PSI maintains a mailing list, [which can be subscribed to here](https://psilists.ethz.ch/sympa/info/rse).
 
-=== "🌐 Swiss RSE Website"
+-   :material-comment-text:{ .lg .middle } __Matrix Chat Rooms__
 
-    !!! note
-        The [Swiss RSE website](https://rse.swiss) provides information about the community, events, and resources at other institutes in Switzerland.
+    ---
 
-![text](./_static/media/better_software_better_research.svg)
+    The RSE community in Switzerland maintains a [Matrix chat room](https://matrix.to/#/#rse-ch:matrix.org) for discussions and announcements.
+
+-   :material-web:{ .lg .middle } __Swiss RSE Website__
+
+    ---
+
+    The [Swiss RSE website](https://rse.swiss) provides information about the community, events, and resources at other institutes in Switzerland.
+
+</div>
+
+![Better Software, Better Research](./_static/media/better_software_better_research.svg)
+/// caption
+///

mkdocs.yaml

@@ -58,31 +58,27 @@ markdown_extensions:
   - pymdownx.arithmatex:
       generic: true
   - pymdownx.snippets
+  - pymdownx.blocks.caption
   - pymdownx.highlight:
       use_pygments: false
   - pymdownx.tabbed:
       alternate_style: true
   - attr_list
   - md_in_html
+  - pymdownx.emoji:
+      emoji_index: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.twemoji
+      emoji_generator: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.to_svg
 extra:
-  social:
-    - icon: fontawesome/brands/mastodon 
-      link: https://fosstodon.org/@squidfunk
+  #social:
+  #  - icon: fontawesome/brands/mastodon 
+  #    link: https://fosstodon.org/@squidfunk
   generator: false
 
 extra_javascript:
-  #- _javascripts/katex.js
-  # https://cdnjs.com/libraries/KaTeX
-  # unpkg is incredibly slow (17s to load the css file)
-  #- https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/KaTeX/0.16.9/katex.min.js
-  #- https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/KaTeX/0.16.9/contrib/auto-render.min.js
-  #- https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/pdf.js/2.16.105/pdf.min.js
+  - https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/pdf.js/2.16.105/pdf.min.js
   - _javascripts/pdf-viewer.js
   - _javascripts/html-viewer.js
 extra_css:
-  # https://cdnjs.com/libraries/KaTeX
-  # unpkg is incredibly slow (17s to load the css file)
-  #- https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/KaTeX/0.16.9/katex.min.css
   - _css/extra.css
 
 watch: