Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-22 Thread Thomas de Grenier de Latour
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:51:44 +0100 Sven Vermeulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A good start could be to do that the quick and ugly way, thanks >> to Google (with some "site:www.gentoo.org/some/thing/" and other >> black magic in the query terms). > [...] > - Google bases its search functionality

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-22 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 06:51:44PM +0100, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:53:22AM +0100, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: > > A good start could be to do that the quick and ugly way, thanks to > > Google (with some "site:www.gentoo.org/some/thing/" and other black > > magic in

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-22 Thread Sven Vermeulen
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:53:22AM +0100, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: > A good start could be to do that the quick and ugly way, thanks to > Google (with some "site:www.gentoo.org/some/thing/" and other black > magic in the query terms). [...] Two major obstacles are - Google bases its sea

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-22 Thread Thomas de Grenier de Latour
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:04:53 -0500 Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > or you could make it the dropdown list so people can pick > bugs.gentoo.org/gentoo.org/forums.gentoo.org/whatever Exactly, that's what i would like too. More specificaly, it could be something like this: http://tdegre

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-22 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 08:09:44AM -0600, Lance Albertson wrote: > Luis F. Araujo wrote: > > > I agree. Why we don't use that original design? , i think removing all that > > vertical scrolling for the front page is a good thing, and the search > > box looks > > handy too. > > They would need to

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-22 Thread Lance Albertson
Luis F. Araujo wrote: > I agree. Why we don't use that original design? , i think removing all that > vertical scrolling for the front page is a good thing, and the search > box looks > handy too. They would need to coordinate with infra on how they would like to implement a search function. For

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-22 Thread Paul de Vrieze
On Tuesday 22 November 2005 01:32, Corey Shields wrote: > On Monday 21 November 2005 01:07 pm, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > > I thought that Daniel was taking the red bubble letters. I also > > remember the discussion about the infinity logo way back then and the > > decision was made to keep it. Fo

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-22 Thread Paul de Vrieze
On Monday 21 November 2005 15:09, Mike Frysinger wrote: > - the 'about' blurb has way too much vertical spacing == wasted agreed > - the bar at the top which blathers on about what Gentoo has to offer > i could do without completely (imo, you can read the About page) > - if people insist on keepi

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-22 Thread Luis F. Araujo
Grant Goodyear wrote: It's interesting to compare http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org/ with http://www.aaronshi.com/gentoo/mainindex.html. One of the things that I always liked about the original design was the fact that the front page held a considerable amount of information without needing much ve

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 21 November 2005 10:08 pm, Georgi Georgiev wrote: > maillog: 22/11/2005-12:05:38(+0900): Георги Георгиев types > > > > > > > That ought to be > > of course. or you could make it the dropdown list so people can pick bugs.gentoo.org/gentoo.org/forums.gentoo.org/whatever -mike -- gent

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Georgi Georgiev
maillog: 22/11/2005-12:05:38(+0900): Георги Георгиев types > > That ought to be of course. -- (* Georgi Georgiev (* Mr and Mrs PED, can I borrow 26.7% of the (* *)[EMAIL PROTECTED]*) RAYON TEXTILE production of the INDONESIAN *) (* http://www.gg3.net/ (* archipelago?

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Georgi Georgiev
maillog: 22/11/2005-03:53:22(+0100): Thomas de Grenier de Latour types > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:11:14 + > Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:53:01AM +0100, Ingo Bormuth wrote: > > > > > > - Where is the "Search for __ in section __" field ? I >

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Thomas de Grenier de Latour
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:11:14 + Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:53:01AM +0100, Ingo Bormuth wrote: > > > > - Where is the "Search for __ in section __" field ? I > > would expect it somewhere on the top. See http://php.net for a > > good and tiny

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:53:01AM +0100, Ingo Bormuth wrote: > > - Where is the "Search for __ in section __" field ? I would expect it > somewhere on the top. See http://php.net for a good and tiny one. ah, excellent idea ... we get people who ask for this from time to time in bugzil

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 06:14:15PM -0600, Grant Goodyear wrote: > One of the things that I always liked about the original design was > the fact that the front page held a considerable amount of > information without needing much vertical scrolling. on that note, here is another opinion of mine th

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Ingo Bormuth
- Where is the "Search for __ in section __" field ? I would expect it somewhere on the top. See http://php.net for a good and tiny one. - I like the infinity sign. It looks cool and professionel (not too commercial). - I don't like the big, purple bar (portage, packages, get gentoo,

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Corey Shields
On Monday 21 November 2005 01:07 pm, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > I thought that Daniel was taking the red bubble letters. I also > remember the discussion about the infinity logo way back then and the > decision was made to keep it. For one, it is very easy to print, I thought that the vote was fo

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Grant Goodyear
It's interesting to compare http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org/ with http://www.aaronshi.com/gentoo/mainindex.html. One of the things that I always liked about the original design was the fact that the front page held a considerable amount of information without needing much vertical scrolling. On the

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
On Monday 21 November 2005 18:24, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > The infinity design makes us look like a bunch of ricers. Kill it! +1 not like I love the red letters... (the 'g' actually makes it similar to G/FBSD logo, never noted that before)... -- Diego "Flameeyes" Pettenò - http://dev.gentoo.org/

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Luca Barbato
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: The infinity design makes us look like a bunch of ricers. Kill it! +1 -- Luca Barbato Gentoo/linux Developer Gentoo/PPC Operational Leader http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 15:35 -0500, A. Khattri wrote: > On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > - the 'gentoo' text in the upper left of the page should use the cool > > red bubble letters [1] > > Never liked the red lettering - very dated. I thought that Daniel was taking the red bubble

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread A. Khattri
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Mike Frysinger wrote: > - the 'gentoo' text in the upper left of the page should use the cool > red bubble letters [1] Never liked the red lettering - very dated. -- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 05:24:06PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > The infinity design makes us look like a bunch of ricers. Kill it! I couldn't agree more. ./Brix -- Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Metadistribution | Mobile computing herd pgpAeXf0OU21z.pgp Description: PGP sig

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:09:55 + Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | - the 'gentoo' text in the upper left of the page should use the cool | red bubble letters [1] ... or at least drop the infinity sign ... | yeah, the infinity sign is cool, but since it is in such a 'high | profile' l

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Grant Goodyear
Vapier wrote: [Mon Nov 21 2005, 08:09:55AM CST] > - wheres the ufo guy [2] ? at least hide him in the bottom left > corner of the page ... it'd keep with the mysterious nature of the > fellow > [2] http://www.gentoo.org/images/gridtest.gif Drobbins wanted to hang on to Znurt when he left. You'

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 03:49:42PM +0100, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: > On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:09:55 + > Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > - the bar at the top which blathers on about what Gentoo has to > > offer i could do without completely (imo, you can read the About >

Re: [gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Thomas de Grenier de Latour
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:09:55 + Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - the bar at the top which blathers on about what Gentoo has to > offer i could do without completely (imo, you can read the About > page) What about keeping it on front page only? (with the vertical size issue fixed s

[gentoo-dev] opinion on how to improve the website redesign

2005-11-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
- the 'about' blurb has way too much vertical spacing == wasted - the ad bar on the left should be thrown behind a purple bar like the current site does ... it helps the user visually tune the space out as crap they can safely ignore (at least it helps me) - can we cut out the ads alogether for