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Re: new front page, take 1



On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 10:00:53AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > http://joy.gkvk.hr/newfront/
> > 
> > /me prepares for the barrage
> 
> Well, it passes the most important test, which is of course the
> girlfriend test. I asked my nonDebianized girlfriend which front page
> she liked better, without telling her which one was the current
> one. She chose the new one, she likes the black headers on the
> sections.

LOL! Cool :)

> I think it would be nice if the headers were clickable.
> 
> I like the layout too, although I wondered if the light blue
> background would look better with square corners. Something about the 
> 
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> 
> effect at the top of the page bugs me; when the blue bar was just on
> one side it doesn't bug me.

Yeah, it looks somewhat... fatty, I guess? :)

> I suppose the Help Debian header is made into two lines to draw
> attention; but it looks a little awkward. 

It's a bug/feature in some browsers. It's not supposed to wrap. I don't get
it.

> I like the linked hypertext for newbies, as long as there's a popup
> somewhere for old hands' quick navigation.

Yes, like I said, that part is missing.

> It looks OK in Lynx, too, but the old one looks nicer. The hr's in the
> old version really help in Lynx. Maybe you could sneak some hr's with
> the same color as the background in?

Hrm, that would probably look bad in links then... I hadn't checked it with
lynx.

> definitly -> definitely

Thanks.

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     2. That which causes joy or happiness.



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