At 16:51 10/04/2005, you wrote:
Mark Blewett wrote:
At 10:23 10/04/2005, Dave Abrahams wrote:
Rene Rivera <grafik.list@redshift-software.com> writes:
It's very unusual, but I _think_ I like it overall. I think the right column could use some reorganization; the groupings don't feel very natural to me. But I can't come up with a better suggestion right now ;-) I like it too.
Thank you all :-)
No thank you :-) Having tried a small amount of html authoring myself in the past, I know its difficult writing to be both compliant and displayed reasonably in all sorts of browsers... it should be simple, but in reality its certainly not.
I think is slightly unusual (in web design) to have the links on the right hand side, but to me it actually makes reading the content (the text on the left) more natural and book like. A few minor (and possibly subjective) thoughts; 1) To me it seems a bit strange having the revised / copyright / license / icons bit halfway down the page on the right hand side. I think it would maybe better at the bottom of the page.
If by at the bottom you mean below both columns.. It's possible but it would require some different styling possibly throwing off the L&F. If you mean keeping it on the right column but at the bottom.. It's not really possible (well at least not possible without using a slew of tables).
I was thinking at the bottom of both columns as a footer. Would it just be a case not much more than moving the <div> block to an outer scope? Looking again, I think part of the reason I was thinking this is that the navigation for support / other resources / official branch / unofficial branch sites is grouped (via the shading to the right / bottom) with the revised / copyright. Just a thought, but perhaps separating this into a "box" for the navigation (like the prior links on the page) and a new "box" for the revised / copyright section etc.. perhaps without the border to indicate its not a set of links.
2) In the Updated Libraries section, maybe it would be better for the library name to occupy a line on its own? i.e. Graph Library: Introduced several new algorithms and improved existing algorithms: + <http://redshift-software.com/~grafik/boost/libs/graph/doc/floyd_warshall_shortest.html>floyd warshall all pairs shortest paths, from Lauren Foutz and Scott Hill. +etc To me it makes it easier to scan the list to find the library you are looking for.
OK, I'll see what I can do to increase the visibility of the library names.
3) Finally (I'm not sure about this idea.. but would be interested to see whether it is an improvement or not). Viewing with a browser width of about 800px (half my desktop width).. at the bottom of the page the text of the left has 5 or 6 words per line.. but there is unused space on the right of the page. Would it be possible to allow the text on the left to flow across to the right side of the page if there is space available?
It's possible, but it would jumble the document structure in such a way as to make it painful for alternate viewers. Currently the structure is: ( (section-text sidebar) (section-text sidebar) (section-text sidebar) ). That allows people using lynx (http://tinyurl.com/6zcl6)[1], blind screen audio readers, and other handicapped users to still read the page. To implement the suggestion I would have to change the doc structure to: ( (sidebar section-text) (sidebar section-text) (sidebar section-text) ). Clearly not a desirable arrangement.
[1] http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fredshift-software.c...
Good point, I agree its clearly not a desirable arrangement. Regards Mark