Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:39:06 +0800 From: LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, keramida@FreeBSD.ORG, joel@FreeBSD.ORG, simon@FreeBSD.ORG, doc-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, gabor@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en/docproj translations.sgml Message-ID: <45A6A06A.7060108@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <20070112.050655.02226883.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <45A3F432.4090502@FreeBSD.org> <20070111.011416.74681391.hrs@allbsd.org> <45A63738.4010207@FreeBSD.org> <20070112.050655.02226883.hrs@allbsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hiroki Sato wrote: > [-doc@ added to Cc: list] > > Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> wrote > in <45A63738.4010207@FreeBSD.org>: > > ga> Hiroki Sato schrieb: > ga> > Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> wrote > ga> > in <45A3F432.4090502@FreeBSD.org>: > ga> > ga> > > ga> > ga> For a drop-down list similarly as mirrors are listed? I remember to have > ga> > ga> seen such screenshot somewhere and I find it a great idea. > ga> > > ga> > I prefer to put the language list to the bottom of the page as a > ga> > content of the footer, and all pages should have it if possible (with > ga> > some automation). Two drop-down lists in the page, one for language > ga> > and another for location is a confusing design for readers, I think. > ga> > > ga> > > ga> > ga> Well, I think it should be kept somewhere at the top. It I were a new > ga> user and saw the website I'm pretty sure I could hardly notice the > ga> languages at the bottom. One has to scroll down even with higher > ga> resolution to see the bottom of the page, so one can't see the website > ga> as a whole. > > Good point. I was thinking a style used in www.gnu.org (a link > "Translations of this page" in the header and the language list in > the footer). And one of the reasons why I suggest it is that I > really want to mark or get rid of outdated translations in some way > (at build time, not to remove from CVS completely, of course)---if we > only have a link to the translated top page only, people who usually > read the translated pages are likely to fail to notice newly-added > contents under the top page in the English version. If we have the > language list in the footer, I think it would not be an eyesore even > if it put at the bottom of (nearly) all pages as well as we would not > have a trouble with overflowing the space at the page top. So I > think it is better than simply making the language bar longer. The > current version also has some other problems---well, is it easy to > understand "zh_CN" means Chinese? Yes, it would be much better if we would be able to do that. Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFpqBqOfuToMruuMARAwyhAJ4ppDWNAkZqDnwo1VBbGE2iWya0hACfUpB7 MOTcNrw50ydxt7pbNOSYfX8= =lssR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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