Looks good! Just a question of taste, I liked the older font better, but the rest is great! Have you tried by chance removing the underscore of links in the new version, to see how it looks like?
Aitor 2006/7/24, Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I've been doing a little tinkering with the web site design. By the > time we finally make our "1.0" release, I figured FreeDOS should have a > somewhat sharper-looking web page. Bob Stammers and I have been > discussing a new look off-list, and I think it's pretty much ready. > > If you would like a peek at the new design, it's at: > http://www.freedos.org/index2.php?css=http://hallx049.oit.umn.edu/temp/fd/005.css > > It has a modern appearance: clean, simple. I hope it's not too boring. > I'm open to final tweaks before this new version goes live, later this week. > > This is just the first in several goals. I also want to re-do the main > page to fix two other things: > > 1. Clean up the linkList. > > At first pass, I'll need to make my best effort to organize things as > best I can, and later we'll try to do a kind of "card sort" exercise if > I can gather enough volunteers. At the least, I want to have links > grouped for first-time / general users and for developers. How I order > the links, I haven't decided. But I may re-use links in both sections > ... that might be okay if I keep the link names the same (otherwise, it > would get confusing.) I'll also rename some link text from what we have > now. At a top-level, the headers will probably be grouped into two > sections: > > Using FreeDOS > link > link > link > Developers > link > link > link > > > 2. Different content on the main page. > > For as long as I can remember, the FreeDOS front page has contained a > list of news items. That was appropriate when we were a bunch of > developers, but it's not helpful to users who aren't familiar with DOS. > So I'll likely move the news items to a "developers" page, or > something. The front page will be filled with a few paragraphs lifted > from "About", and a few paragraphs lifted from (perhaps) "Download" and > other parts of the site. Not sure how I'll re-write that content. But > the key is, everything a new user needs to know about FreeDOS should be > located on the front page. > > > -jh > > > -- > I'm sorry my president's an idiot. I didn't vote for him. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
