Re: [boost] [website] Fluid layout.

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-12 12:04:56

From: Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]>
> 
> OK I've done more changes/improvements. It's now a fluid layout. Since 
> no one except Dave had suggestions on what to I went with his idea of 
> two (mostly equal) columns. In this case the left is fluid the right is 
> fixed.

There's a lot I like, and I appreciate your attention to this
effort.  There are, however, some things I don't:

- The two-column navbar takes a lot of space.  If your browser is
  narrow for whatever reason, the navbar dominates.

- If your browser window is sufficiently narrow, the section
  based approach separates the sections of the navbar from one
  another.  Therefore, instead of this layout:

   text1 navbar1
   text1

   text2 navbar2
   text2

   text3 navbar3
   text3

  I'd like this layout:

   text1 navbar1
   text1 navbar2
         navbar3
   text2
   text2

   text3
   text3

- Why not put some of the navbar links in drop-down hotspots or
  buttons across the top?  That would reduce the number of links
  that need to be presented in the right side navbar.

- If you keep the two-column navbar, then the
  Boost/Documentation/Mailing Lists list box for search should be
  alongside the search input box.  It looks odd with the search
  input, list box, and Google logo stacked one above the other.

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Rob Stewart                           stewart_at_[hidden]
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