From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sverre Rabbelier" Subject: Re: RFC: Website redesign Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:29:00 +0200 Message-ID: References: <3175605f-ff32-4fd6-bed3-7ae596ecbcde@q1g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <2c6b72b30804140656g14c24d8cwae016d62fe12f4a7@mail.gmail.com> <56e37551-4b8f-4164-a71d-79dba8635b7d@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com> <96F7571C-1D9D-4F0A-99F1-A2307DAB0374@wincent.com> Reply-To: sverre@rabbelier.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Dill , "Git Mailing List" To: "Wincent Colaiuta" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 14 20:35:28 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JlTRG-0004n0-M3 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:29:59 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762363AbYDNS3F (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:29:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761040AbYDNS3D (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:29:03 -0400 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.174]:43340 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760136AbYDNS3B (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:29:01 -0400 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 28so1623708wff.4 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:29:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Ir1fHzITx1I5S2NDAqgiQt49Nb3IyF3H8e7UXqf4FDw=; b=tvMI6wWWSkFcUukSk6F5eQJWPe6JfCwuzMNcUFNF7v7MdpV5BI6QROkVja/Kc6rJwzkNuZeHvCcbrCssxSaRrVceiDGNQYNqP/6718gcnd3VFNpkIp60ey3Ldo/YF4We/K+F9zrrP/iAYtF2AGtyWLrUvK/+YmbNZqiya6yQxn0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=o4fGv8XNETN4qvvh5y+HqM4qoEQAMl7NjqBay8jCPzLT9pHuOsc8ILuLNMFG3d13GpDavUyDQdiE94qL+vHoZhs+QzFKsBAotHuQvgFB6qordpVCq4O1s5SSi86ltcc8iQkKt2KG3b3F+rVB02OdleHWFgev23tq1bpepEeBXIQ= Received: by 10.142.87.7 with SMTP id k7mr1920647wfb.167.1208197740603; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.33.6 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:29:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <96F7571C-1D9D-4F0A-99F1-A2307DAB0374@wincent.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Wincent Colaiuta wrote: > With all due respect, all of the designs you've posted look like _weblog_ > templates, and that doesn't seem appropriate to me for a software website. > One of the things I most dislike about the weblog format is the fixed-width > centre column and the large tracks of wasted space down the sides; although > the official site is certainly "bare bones" (some would say "ugly") at the > moment, at least the information density is high and there isn't any wasted > space. That is most probably due to that the templates googlepages offer are mostly aimed at such weblogs. I think the suggestions are not just for layout but also for color (which is very important, to me at least, when deciding whether a webpage is 'damn ugly' or 'quite nice'). Also I think that the main page should not contain more information than fits in one 'screen'. That is, there should be no scrollbar on 'sensible' (say, above 1024*768) resolutions. To me a site feels 'overfull' if it's mainpage has a scrolbarr. Instead, I think the mainpage should be a portal to other parts of the website, instead of... well... everything-crammed-on-one-page-so that.... so that what? What purpose does it serve to put all information, ungrouped, not easy to find, and as such chaotic, on one page? Anyway... Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier