[opensuse-wiki] http://en.opensuse.org/Novell_Supported_Projects - Dull!
Hello wiki lovers! I think that http://en.opensuse.org/Novell_Supported_Projects is a bit dull... I would like to do two things with it; 1. I would like to add a logo next to the project name which will indicate that the project is initiated by Novell/SUSE/Ximian 2. I want to remove the table and use a different style I've created a mockup which you can see here; http://en.opensuse.org/User:MBoman#Mockup_for_a_new_Novell_Supported_Project... I have asked some artist for a logo which contain all three brands (ie. Novell, SUSE and Ximian) to replace the 'N' currently used... What do you guys think? Thanks, Magnus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 05 April 2007 09:22, Magnus Boman wrote:
Hello wiki lovers!
I think that http://en.opensuse.org/Novell_Supported_Projects is a bit dull... I would like to do two things with it;
1. I would like to add a logo next to the project name which will indicate that the project is initiated by Novell/SUSE/Ximian 2. I want to remove the table and use a different style
I've created a mockup which you can see here; http://en.opensuse.org/User:MBoman#Mockup_for_a_new_Novell_Supported_Projec ts_Page
I have asked some artist for a logo which contain all three brands (ie. Novell, SUSE and Ximian) to replace the 'N' currently used...
What do you guys think?
Thanks, Magnus
Table is not bad, but it can be better. What do you think about {{intro-frame}} template and some frames produced with <div class="hp_box"> like on Portal page and subpages. It is used to group visually text that belong to one section, allowing more complex formating within the section, but still preserving clarity. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 18:38 -0500, Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday 05 April 2007 09:22, Magnus Boman wrote:
Hello wiki lovers!
I think that http://en.opensuse.org/Novell_Supported_Projects is a bit dull... I would like to do two things with it;
1. I would like to add a logo next to the project name which will indicate that the project is initiated by Novell/SUSE/Ximian 2. I want to remove the table and use a different style
I've created a mockup which you can see here; http://en.opensuse.org/User:MBoman#Mockup_for_a_new_Novell_Supported_Projec ts_Page
I have asked some artist for a logo which contain all three brands (ie. Novell, SUSE and Ximian) to replace the 'N' currently used...
What do you guys think?
Thanks, Magnus
Table is not bad, but it can be better. What do you think about {{intro-frame}} template and some frames produced with <div class="hp_box"> like on Portal page and subpages.
It is used to group visually text that belong to one section, allowing more complex formating within the section, but still preserving clarity.
Would you mind doing a mockup? Hard to visualise without... Cheers, Magnus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 05 April 2007 18:47, Magnus Boman wrote: ..
Would you mind doing a mockup? Hard to visualise without...
Later tonight Magnus. I'll post here when done. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 05 April 2007 18:55, Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday 05 April 2007 18:47, Magnus Boman wrote: ..
Would you mind doing a mockup? Hard to visualise without...
Later tonight Magnus. I'll post here when done.
Done. http://en.opensuse.org/User:Rajko_m/wip The title Novell open source support is more than initially thought, but the HTML was there, so I could not resist. I haven't tried the absolute position tags. They are tested with images and they can place image over the article title. The "Contents" is nice to see list of all titles and enable user to jump directly to section of interest, but currently there is no way to change its colors, unless one wants to create table that looks the same and update it manually. The text in {{intro-frame}} was shorter and tells the same. The hp_box tag is used on main page. It is openSUSE wiki built in, as mentioned lines clearly separate sections, that can have more subtitles, paragraphs, tables etc. I hope that you like the result. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 23:24 -0500, Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday 05 April 2007 18:55, Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday 05 April 2007 18:47, Magnus Boman wrote: ..
Would you mind doing a mockup? Hard to visualise without...
Later tonight Magnus. I'll post here when done.
Howdy, I really dislike the excessive framing. The border adds quite a lot of visual noise. Whitespace is a much better separator for block elements. Pages with the borders look overly busy. The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines addressed the visual noise created by frames, and dialogs look much more readable since applications started following it. cheers [1] http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/controls-frames.html -- Jakub Steiner <jimmac@novell.com> Novell, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 06 April 2007 05:11, Jakub Steiner wrote:
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 23:24 -0500, Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday 05 April 2007 18:55, Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday 05 April 2007 18:47, Magnus Boman wrote: ..
Would you mind doing a mockup? Hard to visualise without...
Later tonight Magnus. I'll post here when done.
Howdy, I really dislike the excessive framing. The border adds quite a lot of visual noise. Whitespace is a much better separator for block elements.
Pages with the borders look overly busy. The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines addressed the visual noise created by frames, and dialogs look much more readable since applications started following it.
cheers
[1] http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/controls-frames.html
I agree with you about usage of frames when they are not needed. Your example perfectly illustrates the case where extra frames don't offer any help. Window is small and with or without frame is clear where the text belongs. When we have much larger portion of the screen, than some help to follow the text is good add on. Would be that fame, consistent font, colors, it is not important. Simplification of layout using white spaces works for large screen, well cotrolled font size and shape, like in the books or your example, which is not the case with web pages that depend on font provided by system. What I have here is that heading 2 is normal font, heading 3 is smaller, but bold, and that really doesn't help to follow the text. This doesn't depend on used browser. What I can't agree is to use the same method to solve all problems. Hammer is good for nails, but not for screws. They look alike, but they are not the same. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 08:50 -0500, Rajko M. wrote:
Simplification of layout using white spaces works for large screen, well cotrolled font size and shape, like in the books or your example, which is not the case with web pages that depend on font provided by system.
I'm pretty sure there's some misunderstanding happening here, as you can easily define font-size relative units, such as 'em' for the margin. cheers -- Jakub Steiner <jimmac@novell.com> Novell, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 05 April 2007 16:22, Magnus Boman wrote:
Hello wiki lovers!
I think that http://en.opensuse.org/Novell_Supported_Projects is a bit dull... I would like to do two things with it;
1. I would like to add a logo next to the project name which will indicate that the project is initiated by Novell/SUSE/Ximian 2. I want to remove the table and use a different style
I've created a mockup which you can see here; http://en.opensuse.org/User:MBoman#Mockup_for_a_new_Novell_Supported_Projec ts_Page
You forgot my proposal! :-) Imho the old page is not dull, yes we should mention if it's an Novell/SUSE/Ximian project. I would simply add the icon, whatever it is, a combined one would be better, to the first row. (maybe it looks better to put the icon behind the project name). And a short explanation what the red N means of course ... http://en.opensuse.org/User:Mlasars#New_Project_page_proposal yes, quite simple and it will not solve the "i don't like tables with borders" problem. But i like tables with borders :-) -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch@suse.de - http://www.opensuse.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
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