Re: [guadec-list] Working on the official web theme & layout



(((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.
> 

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