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Subject: Re: Requirements for updated site
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:24:38 -0000
Message-ID: <03AF4E498C591348A42FC93DEA9661B87204A3@mail.vale-housing.co.uk>
Thread-Topic: [pgsql-www] Requirements for updated site
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From: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
To: "Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai" <asmodai@wxs.nl>,
	"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
Cc: "Alexey Borzov" <borz_off@cs.msu.su>, <pgsql-www@postgresql.org>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai [mailto:asmodai@wxs.nl]=20
> Sent: 16 January 2004 05:47
> To: Marc G. Fournier
> Cc: Dave Page; Alexey Borzov; pgsql-www@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Requirements for updated site
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> Well, personally I wonder why you use such a small portion of=20
> the browser window.  Those grey areas on both sides of the=20
> content are just not used, which is a shame.

It's designed to fit nicely on an 800x600 display, however, it has been
mentioned a number of times that the one new design feature that the new
site will initially implement is variable sizing of the 'page':
http://wwwdevel2.postgresql.org

(which incidently seems to have lost the thin black border around the
outside of the 'paper')

> People seem to expect these kind of set-ups nowadays.  And=20
> like you said, those three columns make your eyes wander too=20
> much, just like on slashdot.org.

I disagree with that. I find that the columns either side (especially
being in a darker bg colour) frame and focus the eye onto the main
content.

Regards, Dave.