- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 12:20:23 -0400
- To: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@nitnet.com.br>
- CC: site-comments@w3.org
Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote: > > I've just "discovered" the new layout, and my first reaction was "ugh -- am I > really at the right site?" > > - I liked the greater amount of older news in the front page, but the first one > should be more separated from the others (like using a black CSS border) What about <h2>More news</h2> ? > - The color in the right column is *awful*! I can't emphasize this enough. You > really need a better color scheme. While I hear clearly your emphasis, I'm not sure we'll change it. People will never agree on colors. We had a yellow option, but that interfered with the default selection color on Netscape. If we use white on blue, that breaks with some browsers. The number of color-related issues, not to mention taste, goes beyond what I'm willing to worry about... > - The right column, again. Lumping all sections together, putting them in alpha > order instead of dividing in topics as before, putting them _last_ in the > column, using auto-word-wrap instead of one-per-line (way too easy to slip > when clicking and harder to find what you're looking for)... At least their > contents weren't "reformatted" ;-) (and they are the "meat" of the site, they > deserve more respect!) Yes, people seem to agree pretty universally that the list of keywords is not working. We will try to come up with another approach, I think. > - Did I tell you about the color scheme? No, what do you think of the orange nav bar???? ;) - Ian > -- > Cesar Eduardo Barros > cesarb@nitnet.com.br > cesarb@dcc.ufrj.br -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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