On 3/13/10 5:33 AM, Bernie Innocenti wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 19:00 -0700, Josh Williams wrote: > > >> The content pane is set to a max width of 1020px and is fluid at smaller >> widths. You're suggesting it should be wider right? Could you attach a >> screen shot for both problems? >> > Here we go: > > http://wiki-devel.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki > > > Why do we need to limit the maximum horizontal size at all? If I like > the page to be laid out narrower, I can always resize the browser > window :-) >
That's true, you can always resize the window. I'm in the camp that it's better to set a maximum width because I think it's harder to read long strings of text. Also I don't enjoy resizing the window just for sites that do this. Anyway, I'm not opposed to having it set at 100% width if you think most of the wiki users would prefer that. > Perhaps we need to set a minimum width below which the page starts > looking bad due to excessive wrapping. But hard-coded dimensions often > bother people with hand-held devices. > > Is there an easy way for web designers to check compatibility across > multiple browsers? I remember seeing a website that would take > screenshots of any url with multiple browsers. I forgot its name. > There's adobe browser lab: https://browserlab.adobe.com/ But I don't really trust screenshots. I personally use wine for ie6 and then I have an xp virtual machine for ie 7, vista VM for ie 8, and an old ubuntu VM for FF3. I use my girlfriends old ibook for safari 3. > >> I haven't actually styled the tables yet. The tables will overflow >> horizontally on the live wiki now. You're only noticing this happen >> because the font size is larger forcing the overflow. I can make the >> font size smaller in the tables if you think the tables break at an >> unreasonable width. >> > That would be useful imho. > > Definitely, and I'm working on it! > >>> Note that I have a very high DPI display and therefore I configure my >>> browsers with bigger than normal fonts. Most sites survive this, but a >>> few break. >>> >> I think a screen shot will help for this one too. Thanks for the feedback. >> > Please refer to the same screenshot I sent. It's not a Chromium specific > issue, the layout is similarly odd in Firefox. > > To reproduce it, go to the font settings and enlarge the default fonts. > Thanks the screenshot was helpful, I'll be working on the issue later next week. BTW if you normally have that many tabs open, I strongly recommend you try out tree style tabs for firefox - it's a super handy ad on. > >> I'm contemplating removing the borders from the main content area. I've >> attached a screen shot of this. I think it's more inline with >> Christian's design for sugarlabs.org and it also avoids some rendering >> issues browse has with borders. >> >> Any input on this direction would be great. >> > I like it borderless! Like Frederick, I also feel that it would be good > to have some elements reminiscent of the Sugar UI, but only as long as > we can balance it with aesthetic needs. I met plenty of people who told > me that our old skin was awful. > > Thanks, I think it works better too. I'll probably try to remove some of the other borders scattered throughout the skin. Cheers, Josh _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep