Re: developer website tabs mock-up

[Ryan Pavlik <abiryan ryand net>]

James Henstridge wrote:

> Ryan Pavlik wrote:
>
> > James Henstridge wrote:
> >
> > > Here's something I put together over the weekend:
> > >  http://www.gnome.org/~jamesh/web-test/developer.html
> > >
> > > I've taken some real content from the various developer websites to 
> > > give a better impression of how the "developer website tabs" would 
> > > work.
> > >
> > > I've also lifted the updated Gnome logo off of Sebastien's masthead 
> > > mock-ups to see how they fit in (this was done fairly quickly in the 
> > > gimp using the colour -> alpha tool, so we shouldn't use this 
> > > particular image on the main website).
> > >
> > > I mentioned this on IRC, where I got some positive and some negative 
> > > responses.  Some  of the problems people mentioned include:
> > >
> > >    * Confusion over the row of links above the row of tabs
> > >    * Looks too busy/confusing (possibly due to different alignment of
> > >      the two rows of links)
> > >    * Not clear how the first row of links relates to the second row
> > >
> > > Does anyone else have anything to add?
> > >
> > > James.
> > I would be inclined to suggest the tabs, if used, should be the top 
> > level navigation, therefore revealing "sub-links" that are different 
> > on each tab, and therefore are a little less confusing.  I suspect 
> > this might be a bit much, however, since that's a cross-site thing.
> >
> > If there's any way the line under the active tab could be removed, 
> > and the non-active ones could be made to look like the active one 
> > does now, it would futher the "tab" metaphor a bit more naturally: 
> > otherwise the other tabs sort-of just float.
>
>
> I'm not sure what you mean about the line under the active tab.  There 
> is no bottom border under the active tab on the systems I've tested with:
>    http://www.gnome.org/~jamesh/images/devel-tabs-v3.png
>
> As for the tab colouring, the idea is that the active tab and the 
> content below it are joined (as they would be with physical notebook 
> tabs, which the UI is modelled after).  So it makes sense for the 
> active tab colour to match the page background colour.
>
> The other tabs were darkened, and have the bottom border visible to 
> separate them from the main page content.
>
> James.
Ahh.  Therein lies the problem.  Firefox 1.0.1 is rendering it different 
for me.  See attached PNG for what I see.  What you see is what I was 
suggesting :D

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