Re: Tuning the GNOME Product template/page

["Quim Gil" <qgil gnome org>]

We have several issues to solve in GNOME Products:

- The structure of pages under GNOME Products.
- The product page functionality/layout/content
- The pages withy listings
- The things I will find once I scan the previous points.  ;)

I think it's better to start new threads for each "chapter". I'lkl be
back in a minute (or two) with the structure of pages.


On 2/27/07, Simone Deponti <shywolf9982 gmail com> wrote:
> Okay, I'm gonna be serious now. I agree with Quim that the Products page
> needs a heavy make-up, but I knew it would. What I'm more concerned about is
> functionality: the look part shouldn't be hard.
>
> Speaking of the look part, I think we should need to fix the following
> "visual bugs" (not really bugs, more... underimplementation) that actually
> are present in wgo. I made up this little list by taking Mairin's mockup and
> putting it side to side with my Firefox window.
>
> 1. Upper black bar: notice how the thin vertical line beside "Home" is much
> more long than the one beside "News". That is a bug I thought I have solved
> at one time, and is because the line is applied as background to the <li>,
> and they don't have the correct height (and their background so starts at
> the wrong height and gets cut after a few pixels)
> 2. Tabs: they need to be bigger. Bigger font, more padding in all the
> directions (the text is getting claustrophobic in there). Also, the template
> already gives the correct "active" class to tabs, and the CSS doesn't
> implement it (I love how the link color gets blue on the active tab in
> Mairin mockup). Needs to be fixed
> 3. The tertiary navigation bar: looked bigger and shinier in Mairin's
> mockup. Here, I fear we will have to give up on bigger since we're already
> low on screen real estate but, I guess we can do something on the shiny
> front. And here too, we miss the active spot CSS integration.
> 4. Last, that slightly vanishing grey background under the tertiary nav just
> goes down a little too much, if you compare the proportions with those in
> Mairin's mockups. It also goes under the content, where it generates a funny
> effect (part of it gets superseded by the white background of the content)
>
> Note, I am not criticizing anyone's work here (cause if we look at the code
> I wrote for PloneSoftwareCenter, I better shut up). Just doing a comparison
> (okay, I know we can't be pixel identical, but still..). And in my opinion,
> our implementation loses 60% of Mairin's mockup visual impact.
>
> I'm willing to take up task 1 and get it done asap, and after that, well,
> we'll see ;).
>
> I'm eager to hear opinions and why not, help offers :P.
>
> Good night everyone
>
> PS Mairin, I know I horribly misspelled your name throughout this mail. I'm
> sorry. As excuse, I can say I just can't find that i with an open accent on
> an italian keyboard. Apparently here in Italy we abhor such characters.
>
>
>
> --
> Simone Deponti
> -------------------------------------------
> - Oh wait, which ones are we Linux guys again, Rebels or Empire?
> - Microsoft is the Empire. Apple is the Rebels. We are the Ewoks.


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