Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 15:29:45 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stefan@promo.de> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Select a server near you menu Message-ID: <l03010d01af8ba418e993@[194.45.188.81]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970429075135.11482A-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> References: <l03010d00af8b5f08429e@[194.45.188.81]>
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At 15:05 Uhr +0200 29.04.1997, John Fieber wrote:
>On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Stefan Bethke wrote:
>> Sorry, this is a left-over. <IMG src="emtpy.gif" ...> is more portable;
>> <SPACER> is a Netscapism.
>
>Go for portability.
Yup.
>
>> >* <NOBR> seems to be what   is supposed to be. Does  
>> > not work?
>> <NOBR>Foo bar</NOBR> makes the words in between not break. Yes, one can use
>> Foo bar also.
>
>  is a standard ISO 8859-1 character. NOBR is a Netscapism.
>I strongly prefer the former it works.
OK.
>
>> >* I think the "select your language" option may have some
>> > usability problems in that it implies that language
>> > selection and mirror selection are independent when,
>> > in fact, they are not. Also, having English missing is a
>> > problem!
>> Well, I'm not too concerned where the server lives, as long as it gives me
>> information in a language I can understand.
>
>I'm not concerned with where the server lives, but I am concerned
>that the two controls (mirror and language) interact and the
>interface obscures that interaction. The only way the controls
>can be truly independent is for each mirror to carry all
>languages.
>
>As long as there is an interaction, I'd rather keep it explicit
>as it is with the current mirror list--don't replace a single
>control with an obvious and predictable behavior with two
>controls whose actual behavior is not as obvious. Of course,
>this is just my speculation based on past experience with
>usability testing; I could be wrong on this one. :)
Good point.
>
>> And, why not have a part of the page that tells you where you are?
>> ("Welcome to the main FreeBSD Web server." or "Willkommen auf dem deutschen
>> FreeBSD-Webserver.")
>
>Definately.
>
>> I think we should provide for localization in the build process whereever
>> it makes sense.
>
>Paul Richards is working on re-engineering the build process that
>should have more "knobs" for local variation.
Fine.
>
>> >See also http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber/bars.html
>> I would like to, but as of now there is no such doc...
>
>Oops. Try bars.gif.
Yeah, that's nice. But where's Chuck? :-)
Stefan
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