Some final tweaking needed. The page doesn't validate because & was put explicitly in the Valid CSS link, and not & as it is required for compliance with XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
Jonathan Prior On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:48:25 -0600, Tamblyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Brown wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:41:50 -0500, Daniel Carrera > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> What more did we have planned to change on the current version? > >>> http://members.ii.net/~colins_electrical/ooodevel/4/ > > > > > > "Visit Linguistic communities". Can we _please_ change this to "OOo > > communities in your language" > > Good morning All -- > > I'm hoping I'm not the only one who has become just completely swamped > in trying to follow all of these discussions -- I still have over 100 > messages on this group that are unread, and it doesn't look like I'll be > getting to them today -- but I'm going to go ahead and get my feet wet. > I just hope nothing comes along to bite my toes off. <g> > > But something has been "niggling" at me, so here goes (this is only from > personal experience, YMMV)-- > > First of all, I agree with Andrew that a simpler label for this aspect > of the site would be a good idea -- if the whole point is to increase > usability by considering the "lowest common denominator", I should think > the ultimate "lowest common denominator" would be a user who arrives at > the site and doesn't speak English in the first place. If *I* visit a > site that isn't in English, the first thing I do is look at the top of > the page for the link or reference to "English" -- and it's usually easy > to find because there are only two or three available languages, with a > separate link for each. > > In the case of the OOo site, with so many Native Language projects, the > drop down list makes sense, but it also means that the "pointer" to that > list needs to be as clear as possible so that people can recognize it as > what they are looking for. > > A secondary related issue is the fact that not all translations have a > corresponding Native Language Project -- a case in point being Polish -- > so the language isn't listed in the drop down on the "front page" -- you > have to actually get to the download page to find it. I don't know that > this can be labeled as a "problem", as the only reference I have is the > number and frequency of inquiries to the users list looking for a > particular translation -- maybe one or two a month that I have noticed. > But I do think that the difference between a "native language > project" and a "translation" is something to be considered in light of > this major re-working of the home page. > > Tam > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
