[boost] Re: boost 1.32 acknowledgements

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-19 17:05:54

Daniel Wallin <dalwan01_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Rene Rivera wrote:
>> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> 
>>> To be blunt, I feel that the site needs a major overhaul.
>>> I find it to be, ehm... boring. I hope this is a start of
>>> something new!
>> How's this...
>> http://redshift-software.com/~grafik/boost/index.htm
>> It's all CSS, so it's even readable to the visually impaired. And of
>> course those using Lynx ;-)
>
> It's nice, but: I don't like the vertical logo and the blank space in
> the upper left corner. 

I agree about the blank space, but I think the logo is okay.

> And I think the icons looks out of place. Perhaps
> they should be smaller 

Smaller might be better.

> and placed next to the headings (which I don't
> think should be removed)?
>
> Could the body text size be one step smaller perhaps? For some reason I
> find it a bit hard to read in IE @ 1280x1024 because the font is so big.
> Maybe that's just me though..
>
> Something like this, but with a lot more tweaking:
>
>    http://luabind.sf.net/boost.png
>
> (It only looked good in IE, so I didn't want to upload the html..)

All things considered, I think your redesign is an improvement on
Rene's (which was a huge improvement on what we had).  I might like
to see the icons return (smaller).

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com