Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 10:40:59 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stefan@promo.de> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de>, www@freebsd.org, jordan@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Select a server near you menu Message-ID: <l03010d00af8b5f08429e@[194.45.188.81]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970428145144.4808F-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> References: <l03010d00af8aaab3d522@[194.45.188.81]>
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At 22:07 Uhr +0200 28.04.1997, John Fieber wrote: >On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Stefan Bethke wrote: > >> At 19:17 Uhr +0200 28.04.1997, Stefan Bethke wrote: >> So before I start moaning about the menu again, look at this example how >> the home page could look: >> http://www.freebsd.org/~stb/home/ > >A refreshing new look! Whee! > >Generally looks great, though I have not looked too carefully or >with anything but Netscape. Some comments. > >* Maybe I'm just out of touch with non-standard HTML, but what is > the origin of <SPACER>? Sorry, this is a left-over. <IMG src="emtpy.gif" ...> is more portable; <SPACER> is a Netscapism. > >* <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. >* The banner graphic at the top is a wee bit too wide for the > for the default width of X11 Netscape (assuming default fonts). Then topbar.gif is supposed to go out the right of the screen? >* 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 thought it would be implied that you are reading the English pages and that the language menu would take you elsewhere. Maybe "Select another language:"? 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.") I think we should provide for localization in the build process whereever it makes sense. > >> See also >> http://www.freebsd.org/~stb/home/newsflash.html >> how I would change the header on the other pages. > >See also http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber/bars.html I would like to, but as of now there is no such doc... > >For the second level pages (and deeper) I think we need a smaller >daemon. I was thinking of integrating the one for the Quick >Index on the home page right into the blue bar graphic. That is a possibility. > >> These two pages are hand-crafted; if you feel it would be worthwile, I'll >> start to produce .sgml files for it. > >The general rule is they must parse with the common denominator >HTML 3.2 DTD. We may stretch that a wee bit with the home page >since the extensions you have used are pretty harmless. I'm sure that is possible; I'll work on it tonight. > >Good work! Thanks! Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Promo Datentechnik | Tel. +49-40-851744-0 + Systemberatung GmbH | Fax. +49-40-851744-44 Eduardstrasse 46-48 | e-mail: stefan@Promo.DE D-20257 Hamburg | http://www.Promo.DE/
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