Re: new-site comments - wasted space - double level of left column

On 1 Apr 2009, at 12:45 PM, Ian Jacobs wrote:

>
> On 1 Apr 2009, at 12:22 PM, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
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>> I wrote:
>> > Regarding the page at http://beta.w3.org/standards/webarch/
>> >
>> > Breaking the main column down into a left column and a right column
>> > (repeating the breakdown at the top level of the page structure)  
>> frequently
>> > wastes a lot of horizontal space.
>>
>> Notice in the attached screen shot how taking a whole column for  
>> section
>> headings (e.g., Other Working Drafts), wastes all of that width for  
>> almost
>> the entire height of the content to the right that it labels).
>>
>> For those section headings, could you find a more space-efficient  
>> layout?
>> Perhaps having the label cells span two columns and narrowing the  
>> first
>> column like this would work (view this in a fixed-width font, of  
>> course):
>>
>
> Yes, point taken for that layout. I'll look into simpler headings  
> there.


We've changed the layout on these pages; see:
   http://beta.w3.org/standards/techs/css

I've attached a screen shot; seems like an improved use of space.

  _ Ian

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> _ Ian
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>> ...
>> |     |                                  |
>> +-----+----------------------------------+
>> | Other Working Drafts                   |
>> +-----+----------------------------------+
>> |     | HTML 5                           |
>> +-----+----------------------------------+
>> |     | HTML 5 differences from HTML 4   |
>> +-----+----------------------------------+
>> | next label text                        |
>> +-----+----------------------------------+
>> |     |                                  |
>> ...
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>> Daniel
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