Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 07:52:52 +0100 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logo idea and FreeBSD.com concept Message-ID: <1109832772.3932.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20050303033920.GB1280@over-yonder.net> 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>
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On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 21:39 -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 03:02:04PM -0500 I heard the voice of > Warren Myers, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > The width is directly tied to readability. If someone needs to > > resize the window down just to read what you have to say, they will > > most likely move on. > > If someone needs to resize the window down, that's a sign that their > window is too wide in the first place. > > *I* will tell my web browser what size I want it to be, thanks. YOU > just give me the content that goes into it. This topic has certainly sparked conversation between the designers among us. I'd like to point out that I wasn't talking about the content of the entire page; so perhaps IBM was a bad example since their page content _never_ scales. On that note, one person pointed out to me privately that Sun's webpage does scale. I'm aware of this: it's simply the front page that is statically sized. The front page should have a static size, in my opinion, for a variety of reasons. For such a site, your front page is more a portal to the rest of your pages. You want to give a clear, understandable and easily navigable layout. A static layout allows you to position the elements of the page in a large, quickly identifiable format and to give ``front- page style'' to your biggest news topics. 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. Sorry for the miscommunication. --Devon
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