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Date:      Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:14:57 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Daniel Gerzo <danger@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>, www@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: top navigation menu
Message-ID:  <20090706191457.GB1094@gothic.blackend.org>
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On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 09:31:30AM +0200, Daniel Gerzo wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> 
> > I'm not a great fan of things jumping out, so I can't say that I am
> > overly excited about javascript menus.  But don't let that hold you
> > back.  If you can "polish" the menus as Simon noted, then it's probably
> > fine.
> 
> Note, that this implementation is javascript free, and it is done in 
> pure CSS. As of polishing, I think someone with more design foo will be 
> needed :)
> 
> > The bullets stand out a bit too much, IMO, too.  But "bullets vs. bars"
> > is another case of bikeshed coloring, so it's not terribly important
> > either.
> 
> See my response to Marc. I switched back to bars and found a way to fix 
> IE6 problem. Test with http://people.freebsd.org/~danger/FreeBSD/
> 
> > I am ambivalent about the "New to FreeBSD" vs. "Make Donation".  They
> > are both important, and it is a bit difficult to decide which one we
> > should push more aggressively.
> 
> I'm not sure about this one too. However we can postpone this change and 
> make it later when you guys make a decision. The diff at 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~danger/menu.diff doesn't include this change.
>

The drop-down menus really add a plus to the homepage compared to the
current version at http://www.freebsd.org/.  The navigation is easier,
IMHO, with these "new" menus.  No one expressed a strong No, so
maybe we should just commit the drop-down menus and let the rest ("New
to FreeBSD" etc.) for a next talk.

-- 
Marc



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