Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-31 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 05:21:21PM +0100, Thomas Apel wrote:

 What do you think about this? I would be happy to hear your opinions. If
 there is enough positive feedback I can create a rough prototype of what
 I think of.

Hello Tom!

Thank you for your constructive suggestions. I think the following
guidelines should be followed roughly:

* No frames. Frames are evil ;)
* Should be good with Netscape and Lynx at least (note that lynx does
  support META tags, this is very good for navigation)
* Only few different graphical elements (no essential information there).
* Information should be presented clear and fast accesible. I think one more
  sub menu would be fine.
* it should be able to auto generate pages with scripts (well, the bug pages
  are auto generated, aren't they?)

I would welcome a prototype. Please sent a notice to debian-publicity and
perhaps to debian-devel if you have it ready.

Thank you again,
Marcus

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Re: Fw: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-31 Thread Tommi Virtanen
On Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 04:27:03PM -0500, James A.Treacy wrote:
   FYI, it has been my intention to have the actual web pages generated using 
 m4.
   This would allow us to have a generic header and footer (for each language)
   and have time stamps be generated automatically. Modifying the header or
   footer in the past has been a royal pain as every page had to be changed by
   hand.

Oh, BTW. Have you tried wml? It's quite handy for these things.
My favourite is making the actual files be just almost-xml, and
using a template to create the actual page layout.
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Re: Fw: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-31 Thread Graham Pople
For those of you who don't know, I am the current webmaster for Debian.
I just heard of this thread yesterday and was going to read the debian-user
archive, but won't bother as the discussion has been moved. Future replies
will not go to debian-user so subscribe to debian-www if you are interested in
this.

Thomas Apel wrote:
 Concerning the topic I think the most important thing about the Debian
 www site is its content. Besides this it should be fast-loading and easy
 to use with any browser.
 
 But I also think that a good design is a nice thing AND possible without
 loosing the above attributes. Good design does not necessarily mean
 frames, tons of graphics or java animations.
 
If you had been involved in previous discussions, you would know that
the developers felt very strongly that there should be NO forms or java
on the pages and that the amount of graphics should be minimized.
Tables are well enough supported now that there is no problem in using them.

 Who is interested in what I think of might have a look at:
 http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~thomas.apel/debian/index.html
 
 Although this is a pretty simple page compared to many other sites I
 could even imagine a more simple page without tables.
 
The page you designed is very much along the lines I had been thinking about.
Many people have been complaining (and just as many complimenting) the site.
I have encouraged every person who has written complaining about the site to
offer suggestions and not a single one has actually come back with anything
constructive. Thank you for your effort.

I have been working on getting all the mirrors set up so we can easily handle
multiple languages (will be done using content negotiation). It was originally
hoped that the pages would be translated by the release of 2.0. As that
doesn't appear likely, it would be best to make these modifications before
a major translation effort to minimize the work of the translators.

Here are some points that should be addressed/discussed:

  Should we only redesign the top page, or modify all the pages to use frames
  (in particular the left margin or top frame to ease moving around the site)?
  My feeling is to leave the other pages as is.

  There should be a place for the Debian logo (do not start a discussion on
  the quality of the logo. This will be discussed somewhere else).

  Should we use style sheets?

  Is there any point in keeping the site index? I inherited it and have (sort 
of)
  maintained it, but don't see the point.

  There needs to be space at the bottom for the logo of the site sponsor.

  After the pages are translated, there will be links at the bottom to
  access the page in specific languages. This is for those who don't set up
  the preferred_language variable in their browser.

  FYI, it has been my intention to have the actual web pages generated using 
 m4.
  This would allow us to have a generic header and footer (for each language)
  and have time stamps be generated automatically. Modifying the header or
  footer in the past has been a royal pain as every page had to be changed by
  hand.

  Is it necessary to have both the left frame and titlebar links?

  A few specific changes:
 We go International - Debian goes International  (We doesn't work well 
here)
 Bug Tracking - Bug Tracking System


Jay Treacy


Why don't you start a competition? Invite everyone to have a go at
redesigning a set part of the site, then take the best ideas and apply
them to the whole site. Just an idea.

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Fw: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-30 Thread Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra
Would you people shift this thread to debian-www?


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Re: Fw: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-30 Thread Thomas Apel
Hi!

Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra wrote:
 
 Would you people shift this thread to debian-www?
 

I am sorry for starting this thread on the wrong list. I did not notice
that there is a www related list. So please send replies to debian-www.

Concerning the topic I think the most important thing about the Debian
www site is its content. Besides this it should be fast-loading and easy
to use with any browser.

But I also think that a good design is a nice thing AND possible without
loosing the above attributes. Good design does not necessarily mean
frames, tons of graphics or java animations.

Who is interested in what I think of might have a look at:
http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~thomas.apel/debian/index.html

Although this is a pretty simple page compared to many other sites I
could even imagine a more simple page without tables.

Thomas

-
For all on debian-www I inlude the original message:

 
 Hi!
 
 The last times I visited the Debian web site I had to realize that it
 is not very impressing concerning design and structure. Especially in
 design the sites of FreeBSD, The GNOME Project, KDE, Red Hat, etc.
 have a lot more to offer.
 
 Of course web page design is not the most important thing about Debian
 but as the web site is in most cases the first contact with Debian I
 consider it important to have a professional, serious looking
 appearance.
 
 Moreover I think the strucure could be improved. I think 16 items in
 the main menu are too many and most of them would fit in a top level
 category.
 
 To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a
 navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. The
 navigation bar should contain a maximum of about 6 top level
 categories like About, News, Support, Development... each with its
 second level categories. The text column could contain a brief
 description of what Debian is, the latest news article or other
 related stuff. And to make it perfect one could add a nice banner
 containing the logo and the text Debian GNU/Linux.
 
 All other pages could contain a smaller version of the banner and a
 navigation bar on the top with only the top level categories. The
 whole thing could be colored in white / red / dark blue like the logo.
 
 What do you think about this? I would be happy to hear your opinions.
 If there is enough positive feedback I can create a rough prototype of
 what I think of.
 
 Bye,
 Thomas



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Re: Fw: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-30 Thread James A . Treacy
For those of you who don't know, I am the current webmaster for Debian.
I just heard of this thread yesterday and was going to read the debian-user
archive, but won't bother as the discussion has been moved. Future replies
will not go to debian-user so subscribe to debian-www if you are interested in
this.

Thomas Apel wrote:
 Concerning the topic I think the most important thing about the Debian
 www site is its content. Besides this it should be fast-loading and easy
 to use with any browser.
 
 But I also think that a good design is a nice thing AND possible without
 loosing the above attributes. Good design does not necessarily mean
 frames, tons of graphics or java animations.
 
If you had been involved in previous discussions, you would know that
the developers felt very strongly that there should be NO forms or java
on the pages and that the amount of graphics should be minimized.
Tables are well enough supported now that there is no problem in using them.

 Who is interested in what I think of might have a look at:
 http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~thomas.apel/debian/index.html
 
 Although this is a pretty simple page compared to many other sites I
 could even imagine a more simple page without tables.
 
The page you designed is very much along the lines I had been thinking about.
Many people have been complaining (and just as many complimenting) the site.
I have encouraged every person who has written complaining about the site to
offer suggestions and not a single one has actually come back with anything
constructive. Thank you for your effort.

I have been working on getting all the mirrors set up so we can easily handle
multiple languages (will be done using content negotiation). It was originally
hoped that the pages would be translated by the release of 2.0. As that
doesn't appear likely, it would be best to make these modifications before
a major translation effort to minimize the work of the translators.

Here are some points that should be addressed/discussed:

  Should we only redesign the top page, or modify all the pages to use frames
  (in particular the left margin or top frame to ease moving around the site)?
  My feeling is to leave the other pages as is.

  There should be a place for the Debian logo (do not start a discussion on
  the quality of the logo. This will be discussed somewhere else).

  Should we use style sheets?

  Is there any point in keeping the site index? I inherited it and have (sort 
of)
  maintained it, but don't see the point.

  There needs to be space at the bottom for the logo of the site sponsor.

  After the pages are translated, there will be links at the bottom to
  access the page in specific languages. This is for those who don't set up
  the preferred_language variable in their browser.

  FYI, it has been my intention to have the actual web pages generated using m4.
  This would allow us to have a generic header and footer (for each language)
  and have time stamps be generated automatically. Modifying the header or
  footer in the past has been a royal pain as every page had to be changed by
  hand.

  Is it necessary to have both the left frame and titlebar links?

  A few specific changes:
 We go International - Debian goes International  (We doesn't work well 
here)
 Bug Tracking - Bug Tracking System


Jay Treacy


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Re: Fw: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-30 Thread Ralph Winslow
Thomas Apel wrote:

Nice job, Thomas!  I just had a look at your page and I, for
one, like it.  A lot.
 
 Hi!
 
 Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra wrote:
 
  Would you people shift this thread to debian-www?
 
 
 I am sorry for starting this thread on the wrong list. I did not notice
 that there is a www related list. So please send replies to debian-www.
 
 Concerning the topic I think the most important thing about the Debian
 www site is its content. Besides this it should be fast-loading and easy
 to use with any browser.
 
 But I also think that a good design is a nice thing AND possible without
 loosing the above attributes. Good design does not necessarily mean
 frames, tons of graphics or java animations.
 
 Who is interested in what I think of might have a look at:
 http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~thomas.apel/debian/index.html
 
 Although this is a pretty simple page compared to many other sites I
 could even imagine a more simple page without tables.
 
 Thomas
 
 -
 For all on debian-www I inlude the original message:
 
 
  Hi!
 
  The last times I visited the Debian web site I had to realize that it
  is not very impressing concerning design and structure. Especially in
  design the sites of FreeBSD, The GNOME Project, KDE, Red Hat, etc.
  have a lot more to offer.
 
  Of course web page design is not the most important thing about Debian
  but as the web site is in most cases the first contact with Debian I
  consider it important to have a professional, serious looking
  appearance.
 
  Moreover I think the strucure could be improved. I think 16 items in
  the main menu are too many and most of them would fit in a top level
  category.
 
  To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a
  navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. The
  navigation bar should contain a maximum of about 6 top level
  categories like About, News, Support, Development... each with its
  second level categories. The text column could contain a brief
  description of what Debian is, the latest news article or other
  related stuff. And to make it perfect one could add a nice banner
  containing the logo and the text Debian GNU/Linux.
 
  All other pages could contain a smaller version of the banner and a
  navigation bar on the top with only the top level categories. The
  whole thing could be colored in white / red / dark blue like the logo.
 
  What do you think about this? I would be happy to hear your opinions.
  If there is enough positive feedback I can create a rough prototype of
  what I think of.
 
  Bye,
  Thomas
 
 
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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-29 Thread W Paul Mills
On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Ender Wigin wrote:

 
  Hi,
  
  Please do not forget that there are users who access the site
  using text-based browsers like Lynx. Navigation bars and like make a site
  more difficult to navigate for them.
 
 That should not be an isue ... you can write a script that autoloads a
 lynx version automaticly if you can't handle frames  I may be wrong
 about this but I realy think I've seen this somewhere before

Note that to be sure all these fancy things work you must try them
on multiple versions of multiple browsers. Lynx actually deals with
much of this better than some of the others.

Let's see there is Mosaic, lynx, Chimera, Netscape, Internet Destroyer,
and a few other less known, that are still in common use. If you do
not care about any of these people, sure go ahead. Personally, I find
some of the simple pages more attractive, and usually more usefull.


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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-29 Thread Bob Hilliard
Kenneth L. Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 I would have to disagree.  I like it the way it is.  It is simple, elegant,
 and I don't have to search through five screens to find what I want.  As for
 professional:  I've seen plenty of professional sites that are cluttered,
 take *way* to long to download, and are hard to use.
 
 I would agree that a little more color and contrast might be nice (it is
 pretty white), and a unified structure (i.e., banners that match on every
 page, etc.) is a good thing.  But I have to think that the basic structure
 is pretty good the was it is.

 I agree with Ken.  One of the good features of the current web
site is that it is as usable with lynx as it is with a GUI.  Far too
many professional sites hide information and links inside graphics,
so a text-based bowser can't see them.

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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-29 Thread Nelson Posse Lago
On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, cleto wrote:

 Please do not forget that there are users who access the site
 using text-based browsers like Lynx. Navigation bars and like make a site
 more difficult to navigate for them.
 
 On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Thomas Apel wrote:
 
  To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a
  navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. [...]

It's possible to design a good-looking page on a GUI that doesn't take
forever to download which still works ok for lynx, Netscape 1.0, Mosaic
etc. Even frames are not that bad: if you are careful, it will only
require a few more clicks or the like from the user. In fact, I haven't 
checked the details, but I believe HTML 4.0 is an attempt to standartise
the various HTML enhancements in a way reasonably compatible with older 
implementatios.

I don't mean we should make the page a fireworks show, but I do believe
it would benefit from a little more attention to visual design. Also, the
structure is *not* that good IMHO (differently from someone else said
before); that doesn't mean it's bad, it's just not the best.

See ya,
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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-29 Thread David Stern
On Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:33:10 +0100, cleto wrote:

 On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Thomas Apel wrote:
 
  To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a
  navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. The
  navigation bar should contain a maximum of about 6 top level categories
  like About, News, Support, Development... each with its second level
  categories. The text column could contain a brief description of what
  Debian is, the latest news article or other related stuff. And to make
  it perfect one could add a nice banner containing the logo and the text
  Debian GNU/Linux.
  
  All other pages could contain a smaller version of the banner and a
  navigation bar on the top with only the top level categories. The whole
  thing could be colored in white / red / dark blue like the logo.

 Hi,
 
 Please do not forget that there are users who access the site
 using text-based browsers like Lynx. Navigation bars and like make a site
 more difficult to navigate for them.
 
 Cleto

I agree that the current Debian website design is lacking in visual 
impact however I also appreciate the concern for keeping web pages fast 
loading.

I've used lynx for about five years and I don't find navigation bars 
prohibitive (at least per se), in fact the organization can be nice.

There are some lynx-friendly web authoring guidelines at:

  Web authoring and Lynx
  http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx/author_tips.html

Rather than a single website design, why not open a Debian website 
design contest, with Thomas' design being the first entry?


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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-29 Thread George R
On 03/28/98 at 09:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth L. Summers) said:

 Hi!
 
 The last times I visited the Debian web site I had to realize that it is
 not very impressing concerning design and structure. Especially in
 design the sites of FreeBSD, The GNOME Project, KDE, Red Hat, etc. have
 a lot more to offer.

I would have to disagree.  I like it the way it is.  It is simple,
elegant, and I don't have to search through five screens to find what I
want.  As for professional:  I've seen plenty of professional sites
that are cluttered, take *way* to long to download, and are hard to use.

I would agree that a little more color and contrast might be nice (it is
pretty white), and a unified structure (i.e., banners that match on every
page, etc.) is a good thing.  But I have to think that the basic
structure is pretty good the was it is.

But I am glad somebody still looks at these things :)

Well, when I was trying to decide FreeBSD or Linux and which version to
start using, I looked at all the web sites.

I chose Debian for 2 reasons:

1) a Debian user took the time to explain the major differances between
FreeBSD and Linux giving the best features of each.  He was objective
about it, no Holy War discussion.

2) the Debian page wasn't a Windows page.  I didn't have to wade through a
dozen pages to get what I wanted.  It loaded quickly.  I didn't have a
bunch of little page sections that didn't fit my browser screen.  It
didn't need a Windows95 browser to be best viewed.

The Debian page seemed more interested in giving me usefull information
than blasting me with javascripts, animations, and graphics by the ton. 
That made me feel Debian could stand on it's own; it didn't need all the
flash and glitter to make an impression.

my $0.02

George

I would like to thank M$ and IBM for combining FUD and incompetent
marketing to kill the best desktop GUI to date.  Hence, forcing me to
switch to Linux/*BSD tommorrows ideas today.
 

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Design of Debian web site

1998-03-28 Thread Thomas Apel
Hi!

The last times I visited the Debian web site I had to realize that it is
not very impressing concerning design and structure. Especially in
design the sites of FreeBSD, The GNOME Project, KDE, Red Hat, etc. have
a lot more to offer.

Of course web page design is not the most important thing about Debian
but as the web site is in most cases the first contact with Debian I
consider it important to have a professional, serious looking
appearance.

Moreover I think the strucure could be improved. I think 16 items in the
main menu are too many and most of them would fit in a top level
category.

To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a
navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. The
navigation bar should contain a maximum of about 6 top level categories
like About, News, Support, Development... each with its second level
categories. The text column could contain a brief description of what
Debian is, the latest news article or other related stuff. And to make
it perfect one could add a nice banner containing the logo and the text
Debian GNU/Linux.

All other pages could contain a smaller version of the banner and a
navigation bar on the top with only the top level categories. The whole
thing could be colored in white / red / dark blue like the logo.

What do you think about this? I would be happy to hear your opinions. If
there is enough positive feedback I can create a rough prototype of what
I think of.

Bye,
Thomas


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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-28 Thread Kenneth L. Summers
 Hi!
 
 The last times I visited the Debian web site I had to realize that it is
 not very impressing concerning design and structure. Especially in
 design the sites of FreeBSD, The GNOME Project, KDE, Red Hat, etc. have
 a lot more to offer.
 
 Of course web page design is not the most important thing about Debian
 but as the web site is in most cases the first contact with Debian I
 consider it important to have a professional, serious looking
 appearance.
 
 Moreover I think the strucure could be improved. I think 16 items in the
 main menu are too many and most of them would fit in a top level
 category.
 
 To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a
 navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. The
 navigation bar should contain a maximum of about 6 top level categories
 like About, News, Support, Development... each with its second level
 categories. The text column could contain a brief description of what
 Debian is, the latest news article or other related stuff. And to make
 it perfect one could add a nice banner containing the logo and the text
 Debian GNU/Linux.
 
 All other pages could contain a smaller version of the banner and a
 navigation bar on the top with only the top level categories. The whole
 thing could be colored in white / red / dark blue like the logo.
 
 What do you think about this? I would be happy to hear your opinions. If
 there is enough positive feedback I can create a rough prototype of what
 I think of.
 
 Bye,
 Thomas
 
 
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I would have to disagree.  I like it the way it is.  It is simple, elegant,
and I don't have to search through five screens to find what I want.  As for
professional:  I've seen plenty of professional sites that are cluttered,
take *way* to long to download, and are hard to use.

I would agree that a little more color and contrast might be nice (it is
pretty white), and a unified structure (i.e., banners that match on every
page, etc.) is a good thing.  But I have to think that the basic structure
is pretty good the was it is.

But I am glad somebody still looks at these things :)

Ken


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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-28 Thread jason. ish
The last times I visited the Debian web site I had to realize that it is
not very impressing concerning design and structure. Especially in
design the sites of FreeBSD, The GNOME Project, KDE, Red Hat, etc. have
a lot more to offer.



Although the Debian site may not be a 'pretty' as some that you have
mentioned, I have found it to have more to offer than any other Linux distro
site, or FreeBSD - and its quicker over a slow connection.

Jason



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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-28 Thread cleto
Hi,

Please do not forget that there are users who access the site
using text-based browsers like Lynx. Navigation bars and like make a site
more difficult to navigate for them.

Cleto

On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Thomas Apel wrote:

 To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a
 navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. The
 navigation bar should contain a maximum of about 6 top level categories
 like About, News, Support, Development... each with its second level
 categories. The text column could contain a brief description of what
 Debian is, the latest news article or other related stuff. And to make
 it perfect one could add a nice banner containing the logo and the text
 Debian GNU/Linux.
 
 All other pages could contain a smaller version of the banner and a
 navigation bar on the top with only the top level categories. The whole
 thing could be colored in white / red / dark blue like the logo.


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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-28 Thread john
Cleto writes:
 Please do not forget that there are users who access the site using
 text-based browsers like Lynx.

I never access it with anything else.

 Navigation bars and like make a site more difficult to navigate for them.

I would hate to see the Debian site become as cluttered with graphical crap
as the rest of the Web.
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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-28 Thread Ender Wigin

 Hi,
 
 Please do not forget that there are users who access the site
 using text-based browsers like Lynx. Navigation bars and like make a site
 more difficult to navigate for them.

That should not be an isue ... you can write a script that autoloads a
lynx version automaticly if you can't handle frames  I may be wrong
about this but I realy think I've seen this somewhere before

-K



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Re: Design of Debian web site

1998-03-28 Thread Travis Cole
On Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 05:12:18PM -0600, Ender Wigin wrote:
 
  Hi,
  
  Please do not forget that there are users who access the site
  using text-based browsers like Lynx. Navigation bars and like make a site
  more difficult to navigate for them.
 
 That should not be an isue ... you can write a script that autoloads a
 lynx version automaticly if you can't handle frames  I may be wrong
 about this but I realy think I've seen this somewhere before
 

The best thing to do is not even use frames (I hate them, personally) and
use alt tags for images and test the pages in a lot of browsers.

Take a look at http://slashdot.org for a page that looks great, has
cool graphics, tables and all that, yet still works very well in lynx.

Keeping lynx compatibility is trivial.

Also, I am in the camp who would love to see an updated Debian home
page.  Same emphasis on content, but with a more consistent look and 
fell and some cooler graphics.

I would even be willing to help any one who want to go in on this endeavor.

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