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Date:      Sun, 24 May 1998 15:46:24 +1000
From:      Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
To:        Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/BSD/
Message-ID:  <19980524154624.58829@welearn.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <356772AE.C76BAB13@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Sat, May 23, 1998 at 09:06:54PM -0400
References:  <3566754B.78B28C72@aei.ca> <19980524022609.21670@welearn.com.au> <356772AE.C76BAB13@aei.ca>

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On Sat, May 23, 1998 at 09:06:54PM -0400, Malartre wrote:
> Sue Blake wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, May 23, 1998 at 03:05:48AM -0400, Malartre wrote:
> > > I dont know where to mail that post, so I mail it to advocacy ;-)
> > >
> > > I've worked some hours on a new concept for a new FreeBSD.org page.
> >
> > Why? What exactly were you aiming to alter?
> >
> > > Its not perfect, links are broken and there is no new graphics.
> > >
> > > http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/BSD/
> >
> > Sure, it doesn't fit in my browser window yet. The real one does.
> >
> > I'd like to hear what it is that you think needs changing, before looking
> > at how you're suggesting it could be done.
> 
> Sue, present me a screen shot of your web browser when it dont fit and say to
> me your resolution. It work really good with netscape and lynx....

I've mailed it to you.

As you will see, there's a large blank margin on the left and on the
right, and the two columns of text in the centre overlap each other.
I can't see the end of some of the words on the left.

Other words appear as a list, but I think that some of those words are
supposed to appear together as a single phrase. They don't.

The bottom half of the page has no text on the left, only a section to
the right of the centre. The four graphics at the bottom are not centred
with respect to this text, and are bunched up. On the FreeBSD site these
four are nicely spread out over the width of the window, whatever size
that window is.

These are the things that happen when you try describe screen layout
instead of describing the document and letting the client handle it.

> I really want to do it right just for you ;-)

That's not a good reason :-)
Besides, it should be right for anybody. It should not work just for my
window, but it should work for every possible window size.

> It work for me with
> Lynx
> Netscape 4.04 (640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 without any trouble. There is no
> horisontal scrolling)
> MSIE-3.2 (Its not so beautiful with it, but its compatible)

Did you validate the HTML yet?

> There is a need to change the link allocation.
> The current page work like a tree
> FreeBSD.ORG --> 10 major choice of URL (3 are at the end of the page...
> Getting FreeBSD, FreeBSD FAQ and Handbook. That stupid to put them there.)
> -->All other link
> 
> My page work like that:
> FreeBSD.ORG --> All link (like that, no need to search for the Y2K bug: its
> on the top)

OK, now that I know what your objectives are I can take a proper look at
it with that in mind. It seems like the main thing you wanted to do was
to put links on the first page which lead to most of the other pages.
That is a nice idea, and you've made a very good start on that part of it
even though it's impossible for me to see it in its best light at the moment.

-- 

Regards,
        -*Sue*-


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