Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 13:49:37 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> To: jfieber@indiana.edu Cc: mpcd@freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Snazzier FreeBSD home page Message-ID: <199606081949.TAA00034@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960608094644.303C-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu> (message from John Fieber on Sat, 8 Jun 1996 10:24:32 -0500 (EST))
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>>>>> "John" == John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> writes:
John> What I would add (if I had graphical talent) would be a a
John> new footer containing Home and Index links that are
John> graphically compatible with the new header. I'd also like
John> to duplicate the top level categories from the home page for
John> quick access, but I think there may be too many to easily
John> fit.
Agreed. That would enable people who've gone to deep to avoid having
to back out. (Not that I browse that way, but believe it or not I've
seen some people that do.)
John> Then, because the right hand side is smooshed horizontally,
John> the copyright statement gets mangled. All the footer info
John> should span the full width, or be re-designed.
That's what I said! ;-)
John> graphical menu on the left? I'm not too enthused by the
John> design, particularly the treatment of three word links.
I knew there was something that bugged me about that menu. The
FreeBSD Gallery is the only three-word button that works, and I think
the only reason is that the word `The' is capitalized. The `Obtaining
and Installing' button includes a lowercase `and' that doesn't give an
indication of order.
John> Do we have to hawe *two* VIP graphis in the footer?
I assumed that they did it for free and that they could be allowed an
extra advertisement as a result.
>> (Actually, I don't like those popular page access counters
>> since they usually don't give me any useful
>> information
John> And why is that? Because they don't give you a DATE!
Wrong!
John> 8-)
Oh.
Seriously, I could are less how many times other people have visited a
particular page. Low number, I read the page. High number, I read
the page. Oy! Am I missing out on some cognitive dissonance here to
which I'm entitled? ``Quick, press BACK! There've only been TWO
other people so far!!'' :-)
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/
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