Re: [boost] New boost webpage

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-06 10:31:59

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Marcin Kalicinski wrote:
> 
> 
>>I know gazillion words have been said on the looks of the new webpage, but 
>>still I want to add my 2 pennies. Briefly, I think that links in the text 
>>look very ugly and... amateurish?
> 
> 
> OK. How is it ugly? How is it amateurish?

IMHO, it isn't amateurish at all.

>>If you insist on having them underlined I 
>>suggest you stick with more standard look, such as on OpenOffice.org webpage 
>>(and many others). This looks much more professional.
> 
> 
> OpenOffice.org doesn't have underlines on links, from my POV.

That's strange. They get displayed underlined here.

>>Additionally, I'd 
>>rather have links in boxes on the right have the same style as links in the 
>>text.
> 
> 
> Why?

I understand that request. It's the same functionality (a link to some 
other page). Why are there different visual representations for the same 
functionality?

Without relying on mouse-over stuff, it's non-obvious that the box 
contents are links. In fact, I would have thought that "Support" is a 
link because it's underlined. However, it is not. Why do the titles in 
the Box not only have underlines but also this mouse-over stuff? They 
are not links, so there's no need to help the user aim at the correct 
spot. Maybe it would be a good idea to actually make them links.

Why does the ">>" icon indicate a link in the boxes, but not in the main 
part of the page?

I usually have loading of pictures turned off (which is why I didn't 
recognize those inconsistencies earlier). Without the ">>", there's no 
indication that the box contents are links.

I understand that a box contains an index for a different page and I 
like the idea of grouping them. However, I suggest to add some more 
obvious indication that the index items are links (maybe underlining in 
some light color, maybe underlining only on mouse-over).

On terminal based browsers, these problems don't seem to exist. All 
links get displayed consistently.

Regards,
m
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