Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 09:51:26 +0100 From: Chris Zumbrunn <chris@czv.com> To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> Cc: "Matthew D.Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Subject: Re: Logo idea and FreeBSD.com concept Message-ID: <697c1c6dd69c56a4f68e3829f57509e0@czv.com> In-Reply-To: <1109832772.3932.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641B5B@mvaexch01.acuson.com> <cd08a04c050302103018b184e7@mail.gmail.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20050302124137.0f2ad860@209.152.117.178> <cd08a04c050302120273ed0b34@mail.gmail.com> <20050303033920.GB1280@over-yonder.net> <1109832772.3932.14.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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On Mar 3, 2005, at 7:52 AM, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > There are good arguments on each side for static versus variable > widths. > My intent with the site was to create a statically-sized front page and > have real-content pages take advantage of the screen size if they can. I agree with earlier comments that designing a web page not to scale is the lazy solution. It can be challenging to implement an optimal design that scales well. From the "marketing" point of view, I'd say a well designed page that doesn't scale is better than a badly designed page that does scale. But best is a well designed page that does also scale well. Now, freebsd.org currently does scale (with the changes in my recommended patch it scales slightly better). I don't think that it should be our priority to make freebsd.org not scale. Instead we should improve its design. After that, and with a shift towards better use of CSS, we can further improve the scaling as well - and add some good marketing content, white papers, solution guides, success stories! We have a huge white space in the smak middle of the front page reserved for pretty marketing content - which just needs to be produced. In my opinion, this is where the design ideas presented in this thread should be implemented. chris@czv.com +41 329 41 41 41 Chris Zumbrunn Ventures - http://www.czv.com/ Internet Application Technology - Reduced to the Maximum
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