Re: Design of Debian web site
On Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:33:10 +0100, cleto wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Thomas Apel wrote:
>
> > To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a
> > navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. The
> > navigation bar should contain a maximum of about 6 top level categories
> > like About, News, Support, Development... each with its second level
> > categories. The text column could contain a brief description of what
> > Debian is, the latest news article or other related stuff. And to make
> > it perfect one could add a nice banner containing the logo and the text
> > "Debian GNU/Linux".
> >
> > All other pages could contain a smaller version of the banner and a
> > navigation bar on the top with only the top level categories. The whole
> > thing could be colored in white / red / dark blue like the logo.
> Hi,
>
> Please do not forget that there are users who access the site
> using text-based browsers like Lynx. Navigation bars and like make a site
> more difficult to navigate for them.
>
> Cleto
I agree that the current Debian website design is lacking in visual
impact however I also appreciate the concern for keeping web pages fast
loading.
I've used lynx for about five years and I don't find navigation bars
prohibitive (at least per se), in fact the organization can be nice.
There are some lynx-friendly web authoring guidelines at:
Web authoring and Lynx
http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx/author_tips.html
Rather than a single website design, why not open a Debian website
design contest, with Thomas' design being the first entry?
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