Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread Matti Bickel
Ingo Bormuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2005-11-25 15:46, kang wrote: > > > > This whole thing give me some idea. Now, it changes the design a bit and > > probably no one will listen, but, what if thoses purple boxes where to > > be replaced by the bottom link stuff ;) > > The bottom links

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread Ingo Bormuth
On 2005-11-25 15:46, kang wrote: > > This whole thing give me some idea. Now, it changes the design a bit and > probably no one will listen, but, what if thoses purple boxes where to > be replaced by the bottom link stuff ;) > The bottom links which are hard to see or notice (cause they're at th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread Harald van Dijk
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 03:56:14PM +, kang wrote: > Harald van Dijk wrote: > >Even with its bugs, it's one of best browsers for MacOS 8.1, which I > >still use. But if you can suggest a better one, please do. > > > > > You might want to try iCab or opera. Well, I'd suggest you to run linux > o

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread kang
Harald van Dijk wrote: >On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 12:14:53PM +, kang wrote: > > >>Curtis Napier wrote: >> >> >> >>>gentoo.org and all domains owned by the Gentoo Foundation should >>>render correctly in all browsers that are still in general use. IE5 on >>>the mac is still a valid browser a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread Harald van Dijk
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 12:14:53PM +, kang wrote: > Curtis Napier wrote: > > > gentoo.org and all domains owned by the Gentoo Foundation should > > render correctly in all browsers that are still in general use. IE5 on > > the mac is still a valid browser and will be supported as much as > > p

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread kang
Patrick Lauer wrote: >Some usability issues: >The top right textlinks are too dark and quite small. They aren't easily >readable and don't present themselves as clickable items (especially >with the dotted line below them they look like "random" text) > > Hm, the "don't present themselves as cli

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread Grobian
On 25-11-2005 12:14:53 +, kang wrote: > Curtis Napier wrote: > > > gentoo.org and all domains owned by the Gentoo Foundation should > > render correctly in all browsers that are still in general use. IE5 on > > the mac is still a valid browser and will be supported as much as > > possible. > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread Patrick Lauer
On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 12:14 +, kang wrote: > Now people can also use NCSA Mosaic. It's valid as long as you can run > it. But a browser with vulns, unsupported by the vendor, with a broken > CSS, I think you do not have to support it. Well of course, if you like > it just do it ;) Hmmm.. I thin

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread kang
Curtis Napier wrote: > gentoo.org and all domains owned by the Gentoo Foundation should > render correctly in all browsers that are still in general use. IE5 on > the mac is still a valid browser and will be supported as much as > possible. > IE5 for mac contains unfixed security issues which won'

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-25 Thread Curtis Napier
Flammie Pirinen wrote: 2005-11-25, Curtis Napier sanoi, jotta: I honestly thought that the changes I made were better from an accessibility standpoint. I guess I was wrong. Not really. So on that note, I've gone over the design and gotten it closer to Aarons's reference. [...] Check out

Re[2]: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-24 Thread Jakub Moc
25.11.2005, 8:06:51, Flammie Pirinen wrote: > 2005-11-25, Curtis Napier sanoi, jotta: >> So on that note, I've gone over the design and gotten it closer to >> Aarons's reference. [...] Check out what I did change in the meantime. > Uh-oh. The usability regression from what the site was yesterd

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-24 Thread Flammie Pirinen
2005-11-25, Curtis Napier sanoi, jotta: > I honestly thought that the changes I made were better from an > accessibility standpoint. I guess I was wrong. Not really. > So on that note, I've gone over the design and gotten it closer to > Aarons's reference. [...] Check out what I did change in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-24 Thread Curtis Napier
I honestly thought that the changes I made were better from an accessibility standpoint. I guess I was wrong. Aaron was gone for months and months and months so I was listening to the feedback from others and trying to please everyone. I think I forgot that I took on this project to implement A

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-24 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 06:23:37AM +0100, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > Like I said before, I rather like the infinity sign. The trustees have had a > discussion on this part too. Their decision was that we need a "strong, > compelling case for not using it since it is something the community has > voted

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-24 Thread Paul de Vrieze
On Thursday 24 November 2005 06:50, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 06:23:37AM +0100, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 06:05:53PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > > Afaicr, the infinity sign will be kept, but I know a huge > > > > discussion will be held on this.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 06:23:37AM +0100, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 06:05:53PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > Afaicr, the infinity sign will be kept, but I know a huge discussion > > > will be held on this. It's not important in this stage of the > > > development though.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Sven Vermeulen
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 06:05:53PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > Afaicr, the infinity sign will be kept, but I know a huge discussion > > will be held on this. It's not important in this stage of the > > development though... > > And now we're told that it *was* important at that stage and it'

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:49:47 +0100 Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 04:57:11PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > I did bring this up a year ago. I brought it up before the close of | > voting too. Back then, it was claimed that the infinity was just a | > mi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 04:57:11PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > I did bring this up a year ago. I brought it up before the close of > voting too. Back then, it was claimed that the infinity was just a > minor detail and not part of the design itself. Yes, I remember that - I just can't locate i

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:40:45 -0500 Curtis Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | The artwork is all part of the winning design. Any issues with the | infinity symbol should have been addressed a year ago. I did bring this up a year ago. I brought it up before the close of voting too. Back then, it w

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Daniel Ostrow
On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 01:40 -0500, Curtis Napier wrote: > Accessibilty guidelines say that all text links should be underlined. I > made an exception for the grey menu bar for aesthetic purposes but will > not make an exception for any other links. Given the above shouldn't the text links b

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 01:40:45AM -0500, Curtis Napier wrote: > If there are no more outstanding issues reported I will submit this > current layout for approval. the links in the footbars still dont have 'on mouse over' behavior like all the other links -mike -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing l

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 01:40:45AM -0500, Curtis Napier wrote: > If there are no more outstanding issues reported I will submit this > current layout for approval. there's still a ton of wasted space in the purple bar ... if that was tightened up, more news could be displayed ... having the last

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Curtis Napier
Paul de Vrieze wrote: On Wednesday 23 November 2005 07:40, Curtis Napier wrote: ps. I also found two graphical glitches: - There is a misterious white bar just below the overview bar (see ws1.png) - The corners of the jump pads do not have the proper background color (see ws2.png) Fixed. In

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-23 Thread Paul de Vrieze
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 07:40, Curtis Napier wrote: > Aarons design uses a smaller default font, that is not acceptable from > an accessibility POV. The main font is at 1em and all cursory fonts > multipliers of 1em. The main font will remain at 1em which is the > standard for the accessibili

Re: [gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-22 Thread Donnie Berkholz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Curtis Napier wrote: | The contents of the uppermost menu are to sites that are outside the | www.gentoo.org website. They will stay in this location. They are green | to contrast with the purple background to ensure that colorblind and | other visual

[gentoo-dev] Update of http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org

2005-11-22 Thread Curtis Napier
First of all, thank you everyone for all the feedback. Your input is important and greatly appreciated. I should have said that the last update was not complete as far as design was concerned. I was mainly looking for accessibility and rendering issues on as many browsers/OS's as possible. I g