(day two) - your opinion on the new design needed

[Bruce Marshall]

On Tuesday 02 April 2002 9:35 am, Douglas J Hunley wrote:

The sentence below is the first thing I see at the site (using Konqi).  
Doesn't read right.


 This the main Step By Step site located somewhere in the South Pacific 
Ocean. Welcome! 




> The new "snapshot" of the developing site redesign is up. The following
> concerns have been addresses:
> 1. the javascript windows resize is gone. It wasn't intended to be a part
> of the site. I was using it to help me gauge window sizes, table
> alignments, and font spacing.
> 2. the frame borders are invisible. they were only visible to illustrate
> the layout to Net Llama. I didn't know he was going to tell everyone about
> the url ;)
> 3. the middle frame has been absorbed into another frame much like the
> current site. I never cared for having it seperate. I just made it that way
> so that I could keep track of the many required elements.
> 4. the "2 words per row" between the two tables has been fixed. however,
> this means that the minimum browser window size is slightly larger (if you
> don't want to have to scroll the site)
>
> Frames are still there. I don't care for them that much either, but the
> main focus for right now is the design itself. How we do the layout can be
> worked out after we have a "final" design.
>
> NOTE: The images on the site with the penguin are temporary. But the
> general look is probably going to stay. (beach, books, some kind of
> beverage) I've asked Burns to generate some new Dr Tux images whenever he
> gets some time.
>
> There's still a ton of 404 errors. It is intentional. There is no sense in
> copying all that content around when the focus right now is the "face" of
> the site.
>
> There is nothing I can do about the white on white in the store. I've sent
> a request up to the site admin (the store is one of those co-partner
> things). The jury is still out on whether the final site will have a store
> or not. Opinions?
>
> You'll also note the opinions link. This will take you to a beta site of a
> concept that we are kicking around. Essentially, what we were hoping to
> achieve was a place where you (the user) can go to look up reviews (written
> by your peers in the community) of different hardware or software or
> distros. think epinions.com meets the linux hardware compatibility list
> meets the steps. The site will also have relevant links to SxS content. For
> example, you go to the opinion site and lookup cd-r drives. It will present
> you with a link to the relevant SxS material on cd-r drives, and will also
> show what cd-r drives have been reviewed by the community. the reviews will
> tell the make and model, the success, what kernel, what distro, overall
> rating of the drive, etc. That way you can see "oh look. lite-on drives
> work well with linux. acer ones dont. guess I wont be buying that acer
> drive at best buy after all". There are very few reports in the system
> right now. If you get a chance, create a login and start generating
> reports. Try to break it. Then send me whatever errors
> messages/issues/ideas/etc you encounter.
>
> The url is still http://hunley.homeip.net/sxs/

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+ Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         04/02/02 09:46  +
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