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Date:      Sat, 8 Jan 2005 15:41:27 +0100
From:      Martin Heinen <martin@sumuk.de>
To:        Chris Zumbrunn <chris@zumbrunn.com>
Cc:        "Simon L.Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Rework of the FreeBSD website [was:FreeBSD'sVisualIdentity:Outdated?]
Message-ID:  <20050108144127.GA75006@sumuk.de>
In-Reply-To: <AC17F3AB-5EFE-11D9-BEAB-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com>
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:46:28AM +0100, Chris Zumbrunn wrote:

> The html versions are now available from the following URLs:
> 
> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb1e.html
> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb2e.html
> 
> How does that look?

I like it, but there are things I don't like:

Removing underlines from hypertext links makes
it impossible to tell wether a heading in the
navigation columns is a link or not.  We could
require that all elements of the navigation
are links, but I would like links in the running
text to show normal behaviour (underlined and blue).

Also, we are very good at hiding our search box.
IMHO, the search box has to be placed in the upper
right corner.  We could make this corner less crowded
by shortening "Select a server near you:" to
"Mirrors".  Then we could place a sufficiently
large search box (say twenty characters) in that corner.

I think, a mix between your work and Simon's work
(http://simon.nitro.dk/freebsd/webexp/) will look good.
I would like a header showing the logo, the language
and mirror selection and maybe the gray navigation bar.
Below that a two column layout is sufficient,
moving the leftovers from Simon's approach into the
text column.

-- 
Marxpitn



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