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

[Aaron Grewell]

I agree.  I checked it in Konqi, Moz, and Links and it looks very nice.

On Tuesday 02 April 2002 09:25 am, you wrote:
> Much, much better.  Looks really good now (IMO).
>
> --- Douglas J Hunley <doug at hunley.homeip.net> wrote:
> > 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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