Re: [boost] New boost webpage

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (agurtovoy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-08 14:26:41

Beth Jacobson writes:
> Peter Simons wrote:
>> Beth Jacobson writes:
>> 
>>  > http://bajac.com/boost/
>> 
>> It looks good! Unfortunately, the page doesn't behave very
>> well when you display it in a small browser window. In my
>> case, half the navigation isn't visible without having to
>> scroll. The original Boost page doesn't have that problem.
>> 
>> Also, when you display the page with lynx(1), the new
>> version has the navigation coming _after_ the text, at the
>> bottom of the page (which is bad), whereas on the current
>> Boost pages the navigation is shown at the top. I suspect
>> other text-only browsers will have the same problem.
>
> I was going to wait and see what the consensus was on the menu size, but 
> this seems like a deal breaker, so I've shrunk them back down. 

FWIW, I thought the larger menu text was an improvement.

> (I assume 
> that will fix it.) I also made the links slightly darker as Rob 
> suggested. I'm not entirely satisfied with the resulting appearence, 
> though. 

They are blending with the text now, which is IMO a step back.

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Aleksey Gurtovoy
MetaCommunications Engineering