(((Looking for web betatesters - http://beta.guadec.org/node/175 ))) Calum, can you check if the behaviour of the theme's new version satisfy your request? If not, could you spend a minute to fill a bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/simple-bug-guide.cgi?product=website&comp=guadec.org All the standing issues are being moved there so we don't keep forgetting. Thank you. En/na Calum Benson ha escrit: > > On 25 Feb 2006, at 11:28, John Hwang wrote: > >> Calum, >> >> What dimensions is your browse window? I did target 1024x768, given >> that most peopel have at least 1024x768 monitors... It's been a while >> since manufacturers stopped shipping 800x600 as default... It's >> trivial to modify the site to fit in a 800x600. > > > /me measures > > The content part of my browser window is usually about 800 wide by 700 > high, give or take. > >> >> Personally, I'm not sure supporting 800x600 is a good idea, give that >> the site has to accomodate different preferences of larger font sizes > > > I'd say that's precisely /why/ you should aim for something that works > in smaller windows.... if a user needs to use large fonts, they have > more of a chance of still being able to see the whole page if it was > designed "smaller" in the first place. (Assuming they have a larger > than 800x600 screen, which as you say, most people now do.) > Incidentally, that's also why the HIG still suggests that developers > design dialogs that will fit into 800x600 when viewed with the default > fonts. > >> and especially different locales which may have longer/larger phrases >> than English. > > > All the more reason to have a design that wraps gracefully wherever > possible IMHO, rather than resorting to horizontal scrolling, which is > always one of the more unpleasant things you can force a user to do (as > it's physically more difficult than vertical scrolling). > > Cheeri, > Calum. > -- Quim Gil - http://desdeamericaconamor.org
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